Flying fish don't truly fly but their high-speed leaps and long glides are a stunning mix of biology and physics. This video ...

The pectoral muscles of birds depressing their wings weigh, on an average, (1/6 of the total weight of the body, the pectoral muscles of bats 1/13, the muscles of the pectoral fins of flying-fish ...

Sporting elongated bodies and large, wing-like pectoral fins, flying fish have evolved a unique way to escape predators—by leaping out of the water and gliding through the air. This evolutionary ...

Tay Koi Lian, his primary school principal at SJKC Nam Heng, Johor, even nicknamed him “Little Flying Fish” because of his exceptional speed. And he lived up to that label by winning numerous ...

Unlike fish, which use air-filled bladders to regulate ... due to the enormous drop-off in efficiency when operating the wings away from their resonant frequency, but for larger flying animals, that ...

But in reality, they soar through the ocean waters. Since flying fish don’t beat their fins like wings, they lack the propulsion required to fly in a conventional sense. You can find flying fish in ...

Two large extendable fins form the “wings”. When swimming, these lay flat against the fish's body to make it more hydrodynamic in the water. Some species, referred to as “four-winged flying ...