Plump Turtles Swim Better: First Models of Swimming Animals

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

For the first time, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Florida Atlantic University (FAU), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have measured the forces that act on a swimming animal and the energy the animal must expend to move through the water.

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