Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the ...

Illustration: Matheus Fernandes Reconstruction of a late Triassic landscape approximately 215 million years ago: a lagerpetid ...

Dr. Mario Bronzati University of Tübingen Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Department of Geoscience [email protected] PD Dr. Ingmar Werneburg University of Tübingen Department of Geoscience ...

New findings add to evidence that enlarged brains seen in modern birds and presumably in their prehistoric ancestors were not the driver of pterosaurs’ ability to achieve flight, says @HopkinsMedicine ...

From their feathers to feet, learn more about the major features of bird anatomy and what makes these fascinating animals so ...

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 ...

Every page of Peter Cavanagh's "100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight," from the preface, where the author begins with “Flight is the essence of bird life. Flying has allowed birds ...

Migrating birds fly in a V-formation to take advantage of the aerodynamic effects of flying behind another bird. Remarkably, birds take turns at the front despite no obvious benefit to the individual.

Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find out. Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do ...