Can mosquitoes stop us going bump in the night?
In a new paper published in Science, an international, collaborative research group led by the …
Innovative animal tracking system developed by the RVC wins ERC Proof of Concept Grant
An innovative tracking system developed by Professor Alan Wilson and his research team at the Royal …
Flying high: Professor at the Royal Veterinary College elected as Fellow of prestigious Royal Society
Professor Alan Wilson FRS of the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), has been elected a Fellow of the …
First published study from the RVC’s Graduate Diploma in Equine Locomotor Research explores the impact of farriery interventions on horses’ symmetry
A peer-reviewed study, by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), which examines the effect of farriery …
Birds in flight share lessons for future aircraft designs
The measurement apparatus. In front, high-speed cameras record the Tawny Owl as it flies through …
Coming along in leaps and bounds – crocodiles can gallop but alligators can’t, new study finds
It’s a motion more closely associated with horses, but researchers have found that more species of …
Ancient bus-sized crocodile had extra vertebra to assist movement, new study shows
An ancient caiman that weighed as much as an Asian elephant (3 tonnes) and almost was as long as a …
RVC engages public with ostrich anatomy at Norwich Science Festival
The Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor John Hutchinson and his team dissected an ostrich in …
Dr Zoe Davies brings biomechanics of walking to North London community
Last week, the Structure and Motion Lab’s Dr Zoe Davies paid a visit to a community group for older …
Early Jurassic dinosaur shifted from four legs to two legs as it grew up
Scientists have discovered that an early species of dinosaur, Mussaurus patagonicus, could only …