Airbus shared some details about the technologies it is developing for the aircraft of the future. The aircraft features new ...

One particular set of photographs showcasing the majestic silver pheasants, renowned for their striking long-tailed males ...

The Wright Brothers studied bird flight before they designed the first airplane. Now modern aircraft fly higher and faster ...

Raptors, with their sharp claws and strong wings, are known for hunting other creatures for food. China is home to 100 ...

How a winter irruption of white-winged crossbills in the Adirondacks sparked a lifelong passion for birdwatching.

The red-winged blackbird, at home in cattail vegetation of Minnesota’s bountiful wetlands, lakes and rivers, is a welcome ...

Prominent black crescent framing lower edge of auricular. On perched bird, wing patch shows only as a thin white line along the leading edge of the folded wing. Adult male: grayish or grayish ...

She noticed small feathers underneath the bird’s wings popping out in unusual ways. Unlike the larger contour and flight feathers that streamline a bird’s body, these covert feathers are ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has a text messaging service called Winged Wednesday to share information about migrating bird species. Residents and visitors can sign up for the ...

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Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Many can also run, jump, swim, and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost the ability to fly but retained their wings. Birds are found worldwide and ...

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 ...