Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...

If you find a baby bird on the ground, there are a few things you should do, per DWR: If the bird is very small and still ...

Research suggests that free-moving panels on aircraft wings can improve stability, reduce turbulence, and add fuel efficiency ...

Tourists have always looked for ways to save on airline tickets. Now they have found a new method—skiplagging. What does this ...

To withstand the force of the oncoming air, a flight feather is shaped asymmetrically, the leading edge thin and stiff, the trailing edge long and flexible. To generate lift, a bird has merely to ...

Scientists recreate ancient proto-feathers in chicken embryos, revealing evolutionary resilience in feather development.

Millions of years before modern birds evolved, their dinosaur ancestors were soaring through the air. Scientists are piecing together how these iconic reptiles took to the skies. Fossils reveal that ...

Some more recently-evolved feather adaptations, like the asymmetry in the flight feathers that allows birds to fly, are easier to change, and thus disappear relatively quickly once birds no longer ...

"He was looking a bit ragged so I followed him and realised he had damaged his flight feathers. "I think he was starving. He was trying to get a feed, that was obvious. He was very light and he ...