People have been fascinated by bird flight for centuries, but exactly how birds can be so agile in the air remains mysterious. A new study, published the week of Sept. 5 in Proceedings of the National ...

Modern birds capable of flight all have a specialized wing structure called the propatagium without which they could not fly. The evolutionary origin of this structure has remained a mystery, but new ...

Researching how bird flight can inform aircraft design is the goal of a new center to be established at the University of California, Davis. Harvey and Hawkins anticipate that by gleaning information ...

When a bird migrates long distances, its wings are expected to be built for low-cost cruising. The European nightjar doesn’t fit that expectation.

Pune: A bird strike on a Hyderabad-bound IndiGo flight from Pune was detected upon landing on Sunday morning. The Airbus ...

Researchers report for the first time that soaring birds use their lungs to enhance their flying in a way that has evolved over time. Soaring birds—like osprey, eagles, falcons, even vultures—can stay ...

While it had been assumed that unstable gliding was the key to agility in bird flight, a collaboration between aerospace engineers and biologists has revealed that stability plays a role. While it had ...