Hello everyone,

have you ever noticed how birds that soar for long distances tend to have
the same wing colour pattern: dark on top and pale underneath? I recently
stumbled across a paper by a team of aerospace engineers based at New
Mexico State University that provides a really interesting explanation for
why this colour pattern is seen so often:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2017/10/16/
albatross-are-teaching-scientists-how-to-build-better-drones/

I hope you enjoy this story, and that you share it amongst your bird pals,
friends and colleagues.

thank you.

--
GrrlScientist | at GrrlScientist <https://twitter.com/GrrlScientist>
grrlscientist at gmail.com
Blogs: Forbes <http://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/> | Evolution
Institute <https://evolution-institute.org/profile/grrlscientist/?source=> |
Medium <https://medium.com/ at GrrlScientist>
Podcasts: BirdNote Radio <http://birdnote.org/contributor/grrlscientist>
Keep up with my writing: TinyLetter <https://tinyletter.com/grrlscientist>
Tiny bio: about.me <https://about.me/grrlscientist>
sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. [Virgil, Aeneid]