Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

New study finds otriches and other large flightless birds had long-distance flying ancestors

A 56 million-year-old fossil bone helps explain how this (mostly) flightless family of birds spread to so many different ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How This Legendary Artist’s Obsession With Flight Led Him to Create Stunning Imagery Featuring Spacecraft, Birds and Insects

Ahead of painter Robert Rauschenberg’s centennial this fall, a new book details how he was fueled by looking to the sky ...

Scientists clarify origins of pterosaurs, the dinosaur era's flying reptiles

Scientists may have solved one of paleontology's enduring mysteries - the evolutionary origins of the flying reptiles called pterosaurs that ruled the skies at the same time that dinosaurs dominated ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Expert discovers brilliant behavior among migrating birds: 'It's like the moving walkway at the airport'

"Even the birds know to work smarter, not harder." Expert discovers brilliant behavior among migrating birds: 'It's like the ...

Central Texas’ October bird forecast

This month's bird forecast via Travis Audubon says be on the lookout for a large number of hawks and American Kestrels in the ...

Secrets of the butterfly supergene that controls wing colors and patterns

Many butterflies develop wing patterns that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators. While growing complex ...