A young bird named B6 amazed the world by flying 13,560 kilometres from Alaska to Tasmania without stopping, setting a record ...

Millions of birds invisibly migrate through the night sky each autumn, most flying in near silence toward their wintering ...

Birds have an ability to fly through obstacles by shifting their shape in flight, which is difficult to reproduce in uncrewed ...

Birds have an ability to fly through obstacles by shifting their shape in flight, which is difficult to reproduce in uncrewed ...

A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is accelerating for many species.

The number of birds affected by Pennsylvania’s worst avian flu outbreak since the 1980s is close to 8 million. USDA’s Animal ...

Across Scotland, golden eagles trained for falconry have effectively been grounded for the last five years after mountain hares were given protected status ...

The study is the first to look at more than the total bird population by examining the trends in their decrease, where they ...

A reconstruction of Archaeopteryx, including its recently discovered oral papillae, flexible tongue, and bill-tip organ at the end of its beak. Ville Sinkkonen Around 150 million years ago in the late ...

About 150 million years ago, in a coastal lagoon in what is now southern Germany, the oldest known bird gobbled up food with a beak built for efficient eating. It’s finely tuned mouth anatomy, ...

Flapping-wing robo-bird uses two tails to fly fast or slow Many readers will remember the MetaFly, a remote-control robotic insect that flies by actually flapping its wings. Well, its inventor is back ...

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