In the past decades, drag-reduction surfaces have attracted more and more attention due to
their potentiality and wide applications in various fields such as traffic, energy transportation …

The functional capacities of animals are a primary factor determining survival in nature. In
this context, understanding the biomechanical performance of animals can provide insight …

Populations of species that inhabit a range of environments frequently display divergent
morphologies that correlate with differences in ecological parameters. The velocity of water …

We know little about on how frequently transitions into new habitats occur, especially the
colonization of novel environments that are the most likely to instigate adaptive evolution …

Some of the greatest transformations in vertebrate history involve developmental and
evolutionary origins of avian flight. Flight is the most power-demanding mode of locomotion …

Environmental heterogeneity can promote the emergence of locally adapted phenotypes
among subpopulations of a species, whereas gene flow can result in phenotypic and …

Environmental pressures may vary over the geographic range of a species, exposing
subpopulations to divergent functional demands. How does exposure to competing …

Hawaiʻi is home to ʻoʻopu nākea (Awaous stamineus), a culturally significant, endemic,
goby that exhibits an amphidromous life cycle characterized by a marine larval stage …

Birth, and the period shortly thereafter, is a perilous time for any organism. Following
parturition or hatching, individuals face many challenges, including environmental stressors …

Performance-related variation in fitness can manifest as morphological responses to
ecological and evolutionary pressures. Eco-morphological studies often utilize stark binary …