Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stingray swims at the Teahupo'o reef break, as surfers gather for the Billabong Pro, on August 27, 2010 in Tahiti, French ...

Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and their gills filter for plankton with the utmost precision. These creatures have now inspired human ...

Marine flatworms are cool. Hear me out. They’ve mastered the art of smooth undulating motion and perfected it over millions ...

For decades, microscopic robots lived mostly in our imagination. Movies like "Fantastic Voyage" convinced us that tiny machines would one day cruise through the human body, fixing problems from the ...

Swimming robots play a crucial role in mapping pollution, studying aquatic ecosystems, and monitoring water quality in ...

Researchers have discovered how tiny organisms break the laws of physics to swim faster — such secrets of mesoscale physics and fluid dynamics can offer entirely new pathways for engineering and ...

Swimming robots play a crucial role in mapping pollution, studying aquatic ecosystems, and monitoring water quality in sensitive areas such as coral reefs or lake shores. However, many devices rely on ...

If a robot is being used to gather data in sensitive aquatic environments, it shouldn't have a whirring propeller that could harm wildlife or get caught in weeds. A new bot addresses that issue by ...