When autumn arrives, summer migratory birds fly thousands of kilometers in search of warmer regions. But how do they navigate to their destinations without maps, compasses, or GPS? Recently, a joint ...

According to bird experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman, much about bird flying is dependent on the species, season, and what else the bird is doing. Songbirds that feed on insects vary in the elevation ...

Storms, an eagle attack, emergency landings, and a unique bond: how scientists led a flight of endangered ibises on a 2,300km journey to their new winter sanctuary. It was mid-August, and Barbara ...

More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a study in the journal Evolution, researchers ...

Small birds have explored a wide variety of styles of flight, ranging from hovering hummingbirds to bounding sparrows to soaring swifts and swallows. A new Cornell University study could explain why.

High above the vast Pacific Ocean, far from any land, a small migratory bird performs one of the most extraordinary endurance feats known in the natural world. The Bar-tailed godwit, a shorebird ...

Researching how bird flight can inform aircraft design is the goal of a new center to be established at the University of California, Davis. Harvey and Hawkins anticipate that by gleaning information ...