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Adjusting which fin receives light and how frequently it is illuminated allows the team to control both its speed and direction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Each fin could be activated independently using light, giving the researchers a simple way to control the robot's movements.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The fin whale was filmed by videographer Rhys Morgan off the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, and it shows the mammal's expandable pleats take in up to 18,000 gallons of water and krill.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Known as The Flying Kangaroo for the logo displayed on its tail fin and elsewhere, Qantas has already scheduled its first nonstop Sydney-to-London flight for October 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

It ranged across the top of Zosimos Ridge, which knifed up from Zosma City like a shark’s fin, and was visible from miles away.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

But part of her longs for a companion without fins and scales.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

As the muscles contracted, the fins flapped and propelled the robot through the water.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Also found were fins which stabilize the missile in flight and parts of a solid-propellant rocket motor of a Kheibar Shekan-series missile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Videos captured by the crew confirm it is a mesmerizing creature with long pale “legs” trailing from thicker appendages connected to a pale body composed of two fins that undulate languidly in tandem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

I had the machinists make just one minor adjustment with Auk XXII-D, to shrink the size of its fins.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

The fossils extend the earliest known record of finned octopuses by about 15 million years and push back the broader octopus timeline by around 5 million years.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

The finned culprit “nipped” at the unidentified 54-year-old swimmer, causing non-life-threatening injuries to the man’s leg and foot, according to Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Adam VanGerpen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

Magnus wrote in his 1555 book they were 200-feet long with broad, forked tails and finned feet, with faces resembling warthogs and dual blow-holes on the top of their heads.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 28, 2023

Print off the wildlife checklist before you go and watch for a Pacific jumping mouse and Roosevelt elk, among hundreds of finned, furred and feathered creatures listed.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2021

His hands were all bloody by then, where the fish had finned him.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

But regulations that have reduced the frequency of finning have not saved shark lives, an international research team reports in the journal Science this week.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 11, 2024

The practice of shark finning, whereby sharks are caught for their fins and their carcasses then dumped back into the ocean, has been banned in U.S. waters for decades.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

The practice, called finning, leaves the fish unable to swim and survive.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022

“Roger wanted to know how many species were being overfished, how many sharks were being killed for finning, and whether Sea Shepherd’s efforts were affecting these numbers,” he says.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 30, 2022

The sale had not long been concluded, and the little community were preparing to obey Acton's order to "Come outside," when the latter rushed into the room finning with rage.

From The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs by Harold Avery