EPFL researchers have designed flexible, batlike wings that boost lift and improve flight performance. This innovation could ...

Unlike birds and insects, bats have flexible wings made of a thin membrane, allowing them to fly more efficiently. Inspired by this, researchers at EPFL’s School of Engineering have designed bat-like ...

The commonly named "flying!' squirrels and "flying" lemurs actually glide or parachute by means of a furred membrane, but only bats have the structural adaptations that allow for full powered flight.

Unlike bird and insect (and aeroplane) wings, bat wings have very little stiffness. They consist of a very flexible membrane of skin stretched across jointed bones which have a low mineral content ...

Researchers may have just found the answer: Unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as birds.

DeflectionLuna moths flutter their wing “tails” to throw incoming bats off target, often diverting attack. Art by Jessica Wang. Sources: Jesse R. Barber, Boise State University; Akito Y.

Take the form of Swift Bat. Unfurl your wings and stir up gravel to strike oncoming foes. When transformed into the Swift Bat, you'll lift to swing your wings towards the enemy, lifting ground and ...