Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying look almost effortless.

On any summer day at Presque Isle, if you are on the right beach, you have the opportunity to enjoy the aerial acrobatics of ...

Numerous bird species feature small covert feathers layered on their wings. As the name implies ... compared to when the aircraft was without the flaps." These flaps aren't the first time nature ...

They offer an inexpensive and lightweight method to increase flight performance without complex ... a secret behind why birds have these feathers near the front of the wings and how we can use ...

The passive soaring wing design included buzzards, hawks, eagles and storks and they are spread out allowing these birds to effectively use thermals to gain altitude without having to use energy ...

Have you ever seen a bird that looks like it’s walking on water? That’s the jacana. This unique creature is often called a ...

IT IS ILLEGAL TO OWN A RAPTOR WITHOUT A PERMIT ... "When I first held the bird, I noticed that every single feather on both its wings and tail were sheared and look to be intentionally cut ...

But no theropod fossils preserved wings, let alone feathers. Without more evidence, Dr. Ostrom and other paleontologists argued fiercely about the origin of birds for decades. Sinosauropteryx ...