Feathered Dinosaur Had Black Wings?

For birds, black feathers provide certain flight advantages. That's because black feathers contain more pigment-packed melanosomes than do feathers of other colors, and melanosomes can bind with ...

Bird or droid? Starlings nail R2-D2 beeps and boops.

When it comes to copying R2-D2, the best bet seems to be small birds with small brains .

Avian influenza found in Kent County backyard chicken flock as birds migrate for winter

The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced Nov. 7 that a backyard chicken flock in Kent County tested presumptive ...
Amateur Photographer on MSN

Used DSLR vs used mirrorless: which gives most bang for your buck?

What to pick when DSLRs are a disappearing breed, but still have a lot to offer, whereas early mirrorless cameras are now ...
Amateur Photographer on MSN

The best cameras for bird photography in 2025

Which are the best cameras to photograph birds in flight? Our guide lists our top cameras for bird photography - all of which ...
Task & Purpose

The Air Force’s special operations crop duster crashed in a field in Oklahoma

One of Air Force Special Operation Command’s new OA-1K Skyraider II planes went down in Oklahoma City shortly after take off, prompting an investigation. By Nicholas Slayton Updated Oct 25, 2025 2:10 ...
Task & Purpose

An 82nd Airborne pilot took his final flight two years after Iraq drone attack

Before the injury, Lorna Illerbrunn said her husband would have simply wanted a retirement at a hangar, surrounded by Army helicopters, good friends, sandwiches from Jimmy John’s, and cold Miller Lite ...
Reuters

Rapid early spread of bird flu in Europe raises fears of fresh crisis

PARIS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Bird flu is spreading rapidly in Europe, with the highest number of countries in at least a decade reporting early outbreaks, raising concerns about a repeat of past crises ...
Ars Technica

Bats eat the birds they pluck from the sky while on the wing

There are three species of bats that eat birds. We know that because we have found feathers and other avian remains in their feces. What we didn’t know was how exactly they hunt birds, which are quite ...
Wichita Eagle

Millions of birds are crossing KS each night right now. Look out for these types

Sandhill cranes roost for the night at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in this October 29, 2017, photo. The cranes may be returning to Kansas this time of year as part of their annual fall ...
Seattle Times

Ex-Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold named in Epstein flight logs

Documents from lawsuits filed by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre show connections between the New York financier and former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold. Myhrvold, who ...
The Indianapolis Star

Palm Beach this summer was a place to see and be seen. See photos

Palm Beach is a great place to see and be seen. It’s an island of scenic views and magical moments that can make for striking pictures. And it’s a world-famous place to work, live and play. That’s ...