How a bubbly barrier could be life-saving for plunging boobies

Thursday, July 10, 2025 - 23:26 in Biology & Nature

Exciting new research is investigating how boobies (birds of the genus Sula) may be able to reduce the potentially lethal impact of their high-speed vertical dives by creating a cushion of "supercavitation" bubbles upon impact with the water.

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