Marina Henke: With insects, wings diversify even more. That’s because when you're really tiny, the viscosity of the air ...

You’ve probably seen a bald eagle in a film or TV show, where the bird soars gracefully and swoops with might to catch its ...

People might have favorite birds – possibly the bald eagle, the national bird – but the bright red of cardinals entice, and the swift flapping of hummingbird wings fascinate.

A flock of pigeons swoops and dives across the screen, entering from the right, they exit at the top. If used as a luma matte, the birds can be silhouetted against any footage you choose. HD 1080.

There are arguments about the scattering mechanism of the 10-dB periodic signal fluctuations posed by the repetitive flapping motion in radar ornithology. We design a dynamic measurement system ...

Now, at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, at the Swiss École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, doctoral student Won Dong Shin has created his RAVEN (Robotic Avian-inspired Vehicle for multiple ...

Most Australians are no doubt familiar with the dreaded sound of flapping wings right before a nasty peck to the head while unknowingly walking by a magpie nest. There have been more than 980 ...

Certain air sacs have evolved in multiple lineages of soaring birds, and it emerges that these probably function to reduce the force required from the major flight muscles as they hold the wings ...

Unlike woodpeckers “drumming” against a tree, a grouse “drum” is created by flapping its wings forward and back so quickly that it creates a momentary sonic boom.

It’s a vital adaptation that underpins an array of aerial acrobatics. Birds typically need long, narrow wings to soar efficiently—seabirds such as albatrosses and petrels are perfect examples.

Birds in your yard bring a flash of color, a flutter of wings, and the sound of nature's musicians right to your back door. But have you noticed a decrease in those natural wonders lately? Does it ...

To study the owl wings, the research team created two three-dimensional (3D) models of the real owl wing. One of the models had the TE fringes, while the other did not.