Make no mistake, the tiny common swift found throughout Europe and much of Asia is a lean, mean flying machine. A new study reveals that these birds spend nearly their entire lives in flight ...

The fastest bird in flight, measured at a scientifically verifiable 69 miles an hour, was the Common Swift for the longest time. However, in 2016, scientists crowned the Brazilian Free-Tailed ...

Scientists have long suspected that the common ... swift remains airborne for extraordinary amounts of time during its annual migration. Now, a team of scientists in Sweden has proved that these ...

Common swifts are capable of flying for 10 months without once touching land. The common swift is "the greyhound of the sky," Anders Hedenstrom says. Shaped like a torpedo, with long, blade-like ...

And the bird's incredible journey may mean it travels as far as seven round-trips to the moon over its lifetime. The common swift is the fastest bird recorded in level flight. It's able to reach ...

The Common Swift, with its dark, streamlined body and high-pitched beeping scream, is a familiar sight in summer skies for Europeans and Asians. These birds spend almost their entire lives in flight, ...

one of the birds rested for just four nights in February. The following year, it never rested for a full night; over the same period, it stopped for just two hours. A common swift (Apus apus ...

A migratory bird that almost never stops flying sometimes slips into a brief, hibernation-like state inside its nest during chilly breeding periods. When not breeding, the common swift (Apus apus ...

A shape-shifting, robotic bird that can sweep through the skies without a peep has all the right stuff for ground surveillance and even spying on its real-life inspiration—the common swift.

The common swift is “the greyhound of the sky,” Anders Hedenström says. Shaped like a torpedo, with long, blade-like wings, it effortlessly swoops and soars through the air, riding the wind ...