Engineers found a way to help airplanes avoid stall with lightweight plastic flaps that flutter with pressure changes. The flaps mimick a class of feathers that are key to birds' most daring aerial ...

The Wright Brothers studied bird flight before they designed the first airplane. Now modern aircraft fly higher and faster than any bird, yet no manufactured device matches the graceful movements and ...

Experts say wing clipping, a common practice in some countries to impair a bird's flying ability, is no longer recommended as ...

Bird wing shape -- a proxy for long-distance flying ability, or dispersal -- is a trait that influences biodiversity patterns on islands around the world, according to biologists. You can know a lot ...

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind.

Brett French Lee Newspapers Nov 18, 2024 Nov 18, 2024 There are flecks of gold that flutter into Yellowstone National Park each spring. The tiny Wilson’s warbler, with its bright yellow feathers, ...

WILLCOX, Ariz. (KGUN) — Southern Arizona is a popular spot for bird watchers, bringing hundreds of thousands of dollars to local communities. Wings over Willcox celebrates birding and bird watchers ...

Ahmed K. Othman, Girguis Sedky, Hannah Wiswell and Aimy Wissa (left to right) equipped the wings of an RC plane with covert-inspired flaps, and flew it at Princeton's Forrestal Campus to prove that ...