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One size does not fit all: diversity of length–force properties of obliquely striated muscles
One size does not fit all: diversity of length–force properties of obliquely striated muscles
The tentacle longitudinal fibers produced high forces over an exceptional range ...
The science and technology of kinematic measurements in a century of Journal of Experimental Biology
The science and technology of kinematic measurements in a century of Journal of Experimental Biology
The technological transition from ciné film to analog video represented a fundam...
Joint mobility as a bridge between form and function
Joint mobility as a bridge between form and function
Joints must create mobility between skeletal elements while maintaining enough s...
Emerging biological insights enabled by high-resolution 3D motion data: promises, perspectives and pitfalls
Emerging biological insights enabled by high-resolution 3D motion data: promises, perspectives and pitfalls
In the vast majority of cases, 3D information is measured by combining two or mo...
Can animals tune tissue mechanics in response to changing environments caused by anthropogenic impacts?
Can animals tune tissue mechanics in response to changing environments caused by anthropogenic impacts?
Global temperatures are forecast to continue to increase (IPCC,...
Modern three-dimensional digital methods for studying locomotor biomechanics in tetrapods
Modern three-dimensional digital methods for studying locomotor biomechanics in tetrapods
We begin by considering 3D digital tools such as XROMM and musculoskeletal modelling; such tools may be used in empirical ...
Biomechanics illuminates form–function relationships in bird bills
Biomechanics illuminates form–function relationships in bird bills
At its core, comparative biomechanics is a conceptually broad d...
Flexible locomotion in complex environments: the influence of species, speed and sensory feedback on panarthropod inter-leg coordination
Flexible locomotion in complex environments: the influence of species, speed and sensory feedback on panarthropod inter-leg coordination
Walking animals often vary the temporal and spatial coordinatio...
The importance of comparative physiology: mechanisms, diversity and adaptation in skeletal muscle physiology and mechanics
The importance of comparative physiology: mechanisms, diversity and adaptation in skeletal muscle physiology and mechanics
Skeletal muscle is a highly organized, multi-scale tissue (Will...
Of corpses, ghosts and mirages: biomechanical consequences of morphology depend on the environment
Of corpses, ghosts and mirages: biomechanical consequences of morphology depend on the environment
Vogel and Wainwright (1969) wrote in a biology lab manual, ‘Str...
Integrating biomechanics in evolutionary studies, with examples from the amphidromous goby model system
Integrating biomechanics in evolutionary studies, with examples from the amphidromous goby model system
Our sincere thanks to the editors for their invitation to contribute to this Spe...
ECR Spotlight – Amanda M. Palecek
ECR Spotlight – Amanda M. Palecek
ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selecti...
Latch-mediated spring actuation (LaMSA): the power of integrated biomechanical systems
Latch-mediated spring actuation (LaMSA): the power of integrated biomechanical systems
Manipulation of energy flow through integrated materials, struc...
ECR Spotlight – Christina Harvey
ECR Spotlight – Christina Harvey
ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selecti...
Lessons from natural flight for aviation: then, now and tomorrow
Lessons from natural flight for aviation: then, now and tomorrow
Aviation has been founded upon biological insight since its inc...
ECR Spotlight – Jasmine Nirody
ECR Spotlight – Jasmine Nirody
ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selecti...
Going against the flow: bumblebees prefer to fly upwind and display more variable kinematics when flying downwind
Going against the flow: bumblebees prefer to fly upwind and display more variable kinematics when flying downwind
Flying insects face numerous challenges in natural environments...
Shallow torpor keeps hummingbirds on their toes when conserving energy
Keeping warm is costly, especially when paired with one of the world's fastest l...
A heterothermic spectrum in hummingbirds
Many endotherms use torpor, saving energy by a controlled reduction of their body temperature and metabolic rate. Some spe...
Severe hypoxia exposure inhibits larval brain development but does not affect the capacity to mount a cortisol stress response in zebrafish
Fish nursery habitats are increasingly hypoxic and the brain is recognized as highly hypoxia sensitive, yet there is a lac...
Correction: Convergence of joint mechanics in independently evolving, articulated coralline algae
In three bar plots (Figs 4, 5 and 7), the species labels for Calliarthron tuberc...
Genetic variation in haemoglobin is associated with evolved changes in breathing in high-altitude deer mice
Citation Catherine M. Ivy, Oliver H. Wearing, Chandrasekhar Natarajan, Rena M. Schweizer, Natalia Gutiérrez-Pinto, Jo...
The drawback of placentas for live-bearing fish
Fishes have had a long time since the dawn of life to play around with how they ...
Elastic energy storage across speeds during steady-state hopping of desert kangaroo rats ( Dipodomys deserti )
Locomotion, while critical to the survival of terrestrial mamma...
Maternal food restriction during pregnancy affects offspring development and swimming performance in a placental live-bearing fish
How individuals allocate resources to different biological functions such as mai...
On the feeding biomechanics of nectarivorous birds
Nectar-feeding birds employ unique mechanisms to collect minute liquid rewards hidden within floral structures. In recent ...
Alpha haemoglobin helps high-altitude deer mice breathe more deeply
No self-respecting crime drama would be the same without a liberal sprinkling of...
Behavioural responses of threespine stickleback with lateral line asymmetries to experimental mechanosensory stimuli
Our Transformative Journals have exceeded their OA growth targets Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Ex...
Tissue- and substrate-dependent mitochondrial responses to acute hypoxia–reoxygenation stress in a marine bivalve ( Crassostrea gigas )
Hypoxia is a major stressor for aquatic organisms, yet intertidal organisms such as the oyster Crassostrea gigas are adapt...
Climbing parrots push and pull to counteract gravity
What animals would appear on your top 10 list of climbers: monkeys, bears, even ...
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