August 2022, Hong Kong, China Flying vertebrates exhibit sophisticated wingbeat kinematics. Their specialized forelimbs allow ...

The image of the tiny flapping butterfly has come to stand for the outsized impact of small actions, or even the inherent unpredictability of life itself. But what was Lorenz – who is now remembered ...

before the sounds of a bird chirping or flapping its wings, there was a presence, beyond everything. When I found this silence — I knew that even amidst the biggest changes of my life ...

The sound and sight of so many cranes clustered ... The cranes put on an impressive show, dancing on their slender legs, flapping their wings and sticking their long beaks in the air to vocalize ...

Hummingbirds are, by far, some of the smallest birds in the world. Ruby-throated hummingbirds, only one of two hummingbird species in Rhode Island, measure between two and five inches long, with their ...

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of sandhill cranes stand tall among broken corn stalks and shallow water searching for corn, berries, ...

like flapping, gliding, hovering and soaring. Each of these specialties involves different types of wings. For example, Habib said that a bird that flaps throughout a journey has shorter ...

The planet’s birds make a lot of different sounds communicating a wide variety of messages. The petite Black-capped chickadee emits a high noise that tells predators to scram. Hungry Pileated ...