The bat's sense of touch has been a side interest since the early 1980s. To test his hypothesis, Zook removed the delicate hairs from bats' wings with a hair removal cream. Then he let them fly.

A team of scientists has just built the first robot that looks and flies like a bat. They named it, of course, Bat Bot. Bat Bot is nothing short of an engineering marvel. It weighs in at only 3.3 ...

For the many wondrous things humans can do, we can't fly on ... Those wings would also need flight muscles wrapping around from the chest to the back. According to Habib, bat-like wings would ...

Unlike birds, the furry, flying mammals can dynamically reshape ... Once that’s determined, however, the robotic bat will flap its wings and navigate toward the destination fully autonomously.

Researchers have designed flexible, bat-like wings that boost lift ... wrote that bumblebees "should not be able to fly," as their small wings should theoretically not be able to produce enough ...

Because the bat has a thin wing membrane, flying during the heat of the day could be hazardous causing excessive absorption of heat and resulting in dehydration and possible heat prostration.

They come in a remarkable range of sizes, from the golden-crowned flying fox with ... we show with that among bat species, there is a close correspondence between wing shape and the frequency ...