Following nature's design principles, biological entities have evolved to be highly efficient
and multifunctional to maximize all the available materials and structures and to survive in …

Biomimetic material development takes inspiration from biological materials and organisms
that possess extraordinary properties or appearance, such as excellent mechanical strength …

Abdominal segments are common in crustaceans and are used as biological armor to
provide mechanical protection from the surrounding environment. However, little is known …

Nature has engineered complex designs to achieve advanced properties and functionalities
through millions of years of evolution. Many organisms have adapted to their living …

Friction, wear, and the consequent energy dissipation pose significant challenges in
systems with moving components, spanning various domains, including …

Animals deliver and withstand physical impacts in diverse behavioral contexts, from
competing rams clashing their antlers together to archerfish impacting prey with jets of water …

The crustacean Odontodactylus scyllarus, known as peacock mantis shrimp, employs its
hammer-like appendages to attack and destroy the shells of prey with a sequence of two …

Strong and tough structural materials occurring in nature have long fueled the search for an
advanced class of strong biomimetic synthetic structural materials (SSMs). One such …

In many animal species, individuals engage in fights with conspecifics over access to limited
resources (eg mates, food, or shelter). Most theory about these intraspecific fights assumes …

In the spirit of this symposium on the physical mechanisms of behavior, we review mantis
shrimp ritualized fighting, from the telson to the attack, as an inspiring example of how the …