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Rough eyes of the northeast-Asian wood white, Leptidea amurensis [Research Articles] 22 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
Hironobu Uchiyama, Hiroko Awata, Michiyo Kinoshita, and Kentaro Arikawa The northeast-Asian wood white, Leptidea amurensis (Lepidoptera, Pieridae), belongs to the Dismorphiinae, a subfamily of the fa...
Structural resonance and mode of flutter of hummingbird tail feathers [Research Articles] 22 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
Christopher J. Clark, Damian O. Elias, Madeline B. Girard, and Richard O. Prum Feathers can produce sound by fluttering in airflow. This flutter is hypothesized to be aeroelastic, arising from the co...
Hummingbird feather sounds are produced by aeroelastic flutter, not vortex-induced vibration [Research Articles] 22 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
Christopher J. Clark, Damian O. Elias, and Richard O. Prum Males in the ‘bee’ hummingbird clade produce distinctive, species-specific sounds with fluttering tail feathers during courtship displays. F...
Mechanical performance of spider orb webs is tuned for high-speed prey [Research Articles] 22 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
Andrew T. Sensenig, Sean P. Kelly, Kimberly A. Lorentz, Brittany Lesher, and Todd A. Blackledge Spiders in the Orbiculariae spin orb webs that dissipate the mechanical energy of their flying prey, br...
On how whales avoid decompression sickness and why they sometimes strand [Short Communication] 22 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
Arnoldus Schytte Blix, Lars Walloe, and Edward B. Messelt Whales are unique in that the supply of blood to the brain is not by the internal carotid arteries, but by way of thoracic and intra-vertebra...
AFTER 73 YEARS, STILL THE FOUNDATION OF DIVING PHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH [Classics] 22 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
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SPIDER WEBS ARE DESIGNED FOR BIG APPETITES [Inside JEB] 22 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
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MUSCLING IN ON THYROID'S ROLE WHEN IT'S CHILLY [Inside JEB] 22 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
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THE GENETICS OF SALT TOLERANCE [Inside JEB] 22 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
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ALASKAN WOOD FROGS STOCK UP ON SOLUTES TO SURVIVE [Inside JEB] 22 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
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