During courtship, male scissor-tailed nightjars crack their wings together to make a sharp snapping sound. It's the result of ...

Just because hummingbirds visit your flowers or feeders, doesn't mean there's a nest nearby. But there are several clues when ...

A new analysis of a 120-million-year-old fossil suggests at least one pterosaur species shimmered in iridescent greens and ...

Every autumn, hundreds of thousands of starlings gather to perform one of nature's most breathtaking spectacles: the ...

Honeybees returning from a productive flower patch do not simply arrive and wait for nestmates to follow their scent. Instead ...

The RoBird flapping-wing drone, originally developed to reduce bird strikes at airports, is now being tested in Australia to ...

Minnesota's lakes are full of waterfowl, and ducks are known to relieve themselves before, during, and after flight. Bird ...

Discover how Princeton engineers used bird feathers' tricks to create self-recovering wings, enhancing lift and stability ...

Magpies are known to bully smaller garden birds and steal food from bird feeders, but an everyday household item could help deter them ...

Durban’s King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) has become one of only two airports on the African continent to operate purpose-built bird detection radar, ...

Flight is truly remarkable, no matter which way you look at it. And while it seems easy enough for the tiniest insects to take to the air, nature has also created its fair share of large, winged ...