Birds & Blooms on MSN5h
All About Bird Wings and Flight Feathers
Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...
India Today on MSN1d
Birds got their feathers from dinosaurs: How evolution defied extinction
Feathers, among the most intricate appendages in the animal kingdom, have long fascinated scientists regarding their ...
National Geographic news7y
Evolution of Feathers
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 ...
Science Daily26d
When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers
Saitta found that these species' feathers are very different. "Ostriches have been flightless for so long that their feathers are no longer optimized for being aerodynamic," says Saitta.
Science News29d
How fish biologists discovered birds of paradise have fluorescent feathers
In the pitch dark, feet fluoresced in a variety of species. Sometimes so did long feather streamers, eye-rings, mouth linings and beaks. More common were washes of fluorescence down the head ...
Phys.org26d
When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers, scientists discover
Saitta found that these species' feathers are very different. "Ostriches have been flightless for so long that their feathers are no longer optimized for being aerodynamic," says Saitta.