From Tiny Spines to Sticky Toes: What <i>Cyrtodactylus</i> Geckos Can Tell Us about the Evolution of Stickiness in Lizards www.anoleannals.org/2026/02/03/f...
Tim Higham
Like anoles, geckos are famous for their adhesive toepads, enabling astonishing climbing abilities. Since adhesive toepads evolved independently in geckos and anoles, these two rather distantly rel…
More than one way to be a planktivore: the vast morphospace of plankton-feeding reef fishes
Ng, I., Bellwood, D.R., Strugnell, J.M. et al. More than one way to be a planktivore: the vast morphospace of plankton-feeding reef fishes. Rev Fish Biol Fisheries (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s111...
As part of the upcoming 2nd edition of Fish Biomechanics (co-edited with @georgelauder.bsky.social ), our chapter on the ecology and biomechanics of locomotion and feeding in fishes is now available www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #fish #biomechanics #ecology
At the RVC we are grieving the death of the Structure & Motion Lab's creator, and stalwart comrade, Professor Alan Wilson FRS, from a plane crash in Namibia on Wednesday. He was a giant in comparative biomechanics and an amazing scientist. I'm still reeling. It is utterly shocking and deeply sad.
Prosanta Chakrabarty
New paper led by Alexandra McInturf & @physiologyfish.bsky.social
We present a methodological framework for analysing catch data to infer aggregation behaviour. We outline key metrics to explore and apply this framework in a case study of juvenile sharks. 🦈
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Heather F. Smith & Jeffrey T. Laitman (2025)
Paleoherpetology and The Anatomical Record
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
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😃 A new article published in J Biomech by Kovács et al suggest sprint runners have longer Achilles tendon moment arms than distance runners in absolute terms, but this does not seem to impact running performance in either group.
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#BiomechSky
Very exciting to have this out to bridge physiology and physics. #biology #collectivebehaviour #fish #metabolism
Journal of Biomechanics
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Johann Mourier
⚠️ NEW PERSPECTIVE ⚠️ @yangfan-zhang.bsky.social and George Lauder discuss the physics of energy saving when fish swim in a group. Read more www.cell.com/newton/fullt...
