Xploration Nature Knows Best Season 1, Episode 8: Mastering the Mimicry

Nature That's 'Plane' to See

It's no secret that birds were the inspiration for the first airplanes but, in this episode, host Danni Washington takes a look at how exactly that connection succeeded. She'll fly planes in tight formation to try to mimic the energy-efficient flight patterns of migrating birds and look at how engineers are inventing wings that change their shape while in flight to mimic flying squirrels.

Bio-Based Building

The Science of Safety

Under the Sea Inspiration

The Power of Nature

Sticky Science

The Wonders of the Whirlybird

Swimming with Sharks

Studying the Swarms

Muscle of Mimicry

Designing Drones

Automated Animals