Tag: swimming

October 22, 2021

For ducklings, there’s good reason to stay in line

There’s a good reason to get your ducks in a row. It all comes down to physics. In a study in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, researchers looked at the...

June 21, 2019

Watch: Bald eagles possess swimming talent

A bald eagle was recently caught on camera swimming in Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. This isn’t the first time someone witnessed and recorded this, and experts say it’s actually...

January 11, 2018

Human light disorients and jeopardizes turtle hatchlings

Imagine baby turtles flapping their flippers on miniature treadmills before going for a swim in bright pink bathing suits. That was the scene in a Florida lab as biologists tried...

September 7, 2017

With climate change, fun in the sun may mean fun in the scum

As climate change warms the planet, algal blooms may leave lakes throughout the United States covered with scum, harming aquatic ecosystems and interfering with people’s enjoyment of the water. “If...