How well do flying fish fly? This is the question that puzzled researchers in South Korea. Measuring aerodynamic forces on dried darkedged-wing flying fish in a wind tunnel, they discovered that ...
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An extinct flying fish may shed light on how gliding evolved in such animals, researchers say. Modern flying fish are famous for leaping from the water to glide in the air using long, winglike fins, ...
The first flying fish may have evolved to escape marine reptile predators, researchers say. These new findings hint that marine life may have recovered more quickly than before thought after the ...
Put flying fish in a wind tunnel, and they're as aerodynamically polished as most birds. Earlier analyses of their bodies suggested as much, but the calculations were hypothetical. "We directly ...
A recent study found that flying fish, malolo, can glide over the water’s surface as competently as some seabirds. Well, we knew that. Hawaii’s anglers, sailors and surfers have all watched, amazed, ...
To escape predators beneath the waves, a flying fish can shoot out of the water and glide long distances because its paired pectoral and pelvic fins, longer and more rigid than those of other fish, ...
Longtime Disney diners might be the first to notice something missing from Flying Fish, the redesigned restaurant at Disney's Boardwalk Resort. The restaurant, which reopened in early August after a ...
The first flying fish may have evolved to escape marine reptile predators, researchers say. These new findings hint that marine life may have recovered more quickly than before thought after the ...