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 ...

"It's easier to change a small part of the wing than all of the wing. It could be that larger animals are less capable of evolving quickly and moving into new niches more generally." Birds vary in ...

The small birds, known for their long beaks and ultra-fast wings that make them look like they're floating, begin heading north in late winter. Some species, like the Calliope Hummingbird, travel more ...

A spat between birds at a backyard birdfeeder highlights the sometimes fierce competition for resources that animals face in ...

These small feathers on top of birds’ wings lay flat during normal flight but flare up in turbulence during landing. By attaching flexible plastic strips – “covert flaps” – to the top of ...

Airplane wings exploit some of the same aerodynamic ... Imagine the ancestors of birds as small, scaly, four-legged reptiles living in forest canopies, leaping from tree to tree.

Three rare bird species were sighted in Alabama over the last week. See which unique species were spotted and what we know about them.

So far, the oldest-known bird fossil is the famous Archaeopteryx ... another reptilian feature found in small dinosaurs too. But the creature also had wings and bore feathers -- certainly birdlike ...

Birds have feathers and a beak and lay hard-shelled eggs. Many birds are able to fly using their wings, but others such as ostriches are flightless and unable to fly. Some birds like penguins ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Miners in Southeast Asia discovered a well-preserved wing of an extinct bird species. The discovery reveals similarities between ancient and modern birds.