Posts by: azubilla

The Albatross-The Master of Dynamic Soaring

September 30, 2012 at 4:31 pm

The albatross is one of nature’s most interesting creatures. They seem to fly for hours and hours and yet they only flap their wings on rare occasions. The instinct and evolutionary advantage that permits the albatross to decrease the flapping needed to stay in flight is called Dynamic Soaring. The albatross is perhaps the most famous […]

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Desert Locusts: Nature’s marathon “flyers”?

September 26, 2012 at 2:36 pm

Desert Locusts are capable of flying vast distances without spending much energy. This amazing feature of these creatures have been studied by scientists along the last decades. The answer to the question as to how do they do it is a bit tricky, but it is also very interesting to see how such a small […]

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