A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, Nicholas VanKuren ...

When vertebrates moved onto land, long ago, some of them eventually became airborne, way after the insects did. There are three groups of vertebrates that have used powered, muscle-driven flight: ...

While studying some of the birds feeding in my backyard, I saw a small woodpecker that acted and looked like a Downy. The ...

A team of researchers from Princeton University is exploring how feather-like flaps on aircraft wings could improve stability ...

At our cabin in Pebble Creek Valley north of Silverthorne, located at 9,450 feet in elevation, we have several platform ...

At first glance, it was hard to tell exactly what we were looking at. It almost seemed out of place — just a tall, brown ...

As unlimited in feeling as the sky that birthed it, Brendemere's newest single, "Birds of Distinction," throws out its wings with an emotive wallop that's as intimately personal as it is widely ...

Bill and I have studied birds for many years (me since I was a child), so when we moved to our new house, I was curious as to what we ...

Their long narrow curved wings give fast wingbeats and rapid flight. In the early days, these resourceful birds nested in hollow trees, but as settlers built they began roosting in chimneys ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found ...