title: How Bats Land Upside Down.
abstract: A new study reveals that bats use the inertia of their unusually heavy wings-rather than their aerodynamic properties-to help them perform acrobatic maneuvers like landing upside down to roost. Read the Research Article.
authors.affiliation: Freelance Science Writer, Fairfield, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meadows
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005426:Flight, Animal; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000502:physiology*