They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or hover to drink nectar from tropical flowers, all of which require distinctive wing designs.

The dream of flying has always fascinated humanity. In evolutionary history, the ability to fly has emerged independently ...

Before bats could fly, they used hand-like limbs. Scientists now reveal how evolution transformed those hands into wings.

Evolutionary paths vastly differ for birds, bats. Cornell University. Journal Nature Ecology & Evolution DOI 10.1038/s41559-024-02572-9 ...

Bats' wings are heavy, hand-like assemblages of bone, muscles, joints, tendons and skin. By throwing that extra wing weight around in very precise ways, ...

Bats are amongst the animal kingdom’s most unorthodox fliers. Unlike birds, the furry, flying mammals can dynamically reshape and morph their wings to achieve maximum force and hover in place ...