“I turned quickly with just enough time to video them coming in for a ‘graceful’ landing.” If the first crane looks familiar, Favorite has a suggestion for what the bird’s moves look ...

Even if you've built one of the world's most advanced insect-inspired micro air vehicles (MAVs), it ultimately won't be that useful if it can't stick a good landing. That's why scientists at Harvard ...

thanks to biomechanical improvements to its landing gear modeled on the crane fly, which has a similar wingspan and body size to the RoboBee platform. The details of this achievement appear in a ...

After more than 1,500 of the lanky birds died in Indiana, wildlife biologists in Nebraska were on high alert for the virus—but so far, the visiting birds seem happy and healthy ...

Arrivals and departures are staggered over several weeks, but at peak stopover, it's one of the great sights of natural America.