Birds are among the most successful animals on Earth, and their advantage starts with flight - but it doesn’t stop there. We ...

People gathered on rooftops to enjoy flying kites for the first time in years, celebrating the spring festival of Basant. The activity had been banned due to injuries and deaths during past ...

Researchers have discovered that multi-element wings inspired by bird feathers can generate twice as much lift as a ...

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are roaring and soaring over Daytona Beach this weekend leading up to the Great American Race.

Travel influencer Ceirra Pipher, 29, "raw-dogs flights," meaning she doesn't consume any form of media or indulge any distractions while traveling on planes. Pipher says she uses the spare to think ...

But all birds have high body temperatures. The chickadee’s best trick is to go into torpor every night, a brief form of hibernation that reduces their body temperature by 20 degrees, saving energy. In ...

Oil spill incidents always involve birds being rescued and cleaned – but why is oil so damaging, and in many cases fatal, to birds?

Frigatebirds can remain airborne for days at a time without landing. Here’s how they rest while flying, according to ...

Wide-eyed nature lovers watched with glee as a barred owl that nearly lost its life took to the air during a release ...

Scientists have uncovered something extraordinary inside the skull of an Archaeopteryx fossil.

I was driving home from Sturgeon Bay when, a half mile before reaching my home, I saw a large dark bird soaring over a field.

One of Earth’s first birds had modern bird-like mouth features that evolved to handle food efficiently and meet the energy ...