From mountain ranges to thin air far above the ground, certain birds are built to fly higher than any others. These species ...

How do you tell a plane from a bird? The vertical tail, of course! But why can birds fly without a vertical tail, and how do ...

How do birds of prey fly? They have special adaptations that allow them to take off quickly, fly fast and soar for hours. What would it take for us to fly like that? Science Trek is available to ...

How do birds fly in a coordinated and seemingly effortless fashion? Part of the answer lies in precise, and previously unknown, aerodynamic interactions, reports a team of mathematicians. Its ...

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Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found that when birds evolve ...

Wind turbines may seem innocuous enough, but they have the potential to reshape the air birds fly through. In a recent ...

Every year, billions of birds migrate in and out of the United States. And across the world, birds fly thousands of miles to reach their seasonal destinations. Some birds, like the Arctic tern (Sterna ...