Background Though skeletal adaptations for locomotion in mammals are well documented, possible limb adaptations in terms of muscle architecture have received far less study. Examining mustelid mammals...

Tessellated calcified cartilage (TCC) is a hallmark of the chondrichthyan skeleton, yet its development early in ontogeny across the four major groups (batoids, galeomorphs, squalomorphs, and holoceph...

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Phylogeny and taxonomy of early whales have always been a complicated matter, partly due to confusing nineteenth-century descriptions and diagnoses and a profusion of given names. A largely complete c...

Muscle architecture is a key determinant of muscle performance, informing the calculation of functional traits such as force production and excursion distance. Due to its importance in understanding ....

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The intricate function and interaction of muscles and tendons underscore how animals move. This Special Issue emphasizes how a broad approach spanning human and comparative studies across a diverse range of species- even engineered, robotic ‘species’- can accelerate discoveries into the principles of muscle-tendon mechanics. Drawing from studies presented at the ‘Muscle-tendon Mechanics Across Species ISB Satellite Meeting (2025), and additional contributions, this Special Issue presents topics including: muscle-tendon properties and mechanisms; comparative biomechanics across size scales; computational modelling and neuromuscular function; muscle-tendon dynamic function and motor control; and biomimetics & bioinspired-design in comparative biomechanics.

Modern amphibians are characterized by an aquatic larval stage that ends abruptly with a period of widespread tissue remodeling (metamorphosis) upon transition to terrestrial adulthood. A transient la...

A systematic sensitivity analysis of a six degree-of-freedom range of motion (ROM) analysis workflow was conducted to evaluate how variation in the subjective steps of the reference pose assembly aff...

Summary: Eccentric muscle force development is highly sensitive to starting length and temperature, revealing distinct effects on contractile and elastic components and providing a framework for more ...