Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight, giving them access to an entirely new ecological space.

By studying how grasshoppers glide and fold their wings, researchers are finding new ways to extend flight time for ...

Engineers are closing in on a long imagined goal in aviation, wings that can subtly change shape in midair instead of relying ...

Morning Star Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has served as the only rehabilitation center for birds in Northwest Arkansas for ...

On a windy spring day in Iowa, the American goldfinch frequently darts through the gray sky with a quick burst of yellow and ...

What happens when a backyard bird feeder becomes a trap instead of a treat? Many people think that tossing a little of this ...

The nature-inspired metal material could enable shape-shifting wings that adjust themselves for smoother flight.

Zoom in far enough on an empress cicada wing, and a strange landscape materializes. At the nanoscale, densely packed spires rise from the surface, covering the wing in an endless grove of bowling pins ...

Find out how the shape of a bird of prey’s wings will explain why they live where they live. Can you guess where a bird of prey hunts based on the shape of its wings? Major Funding by the Laura Moore ...

LIHUE — “Birds need trees,” said Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project planner Dr. Julia Diegmann when she realized the opening of the “Wings and Woodlands: A Tribute to Native Birds and Forests” ...