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

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

This week, scientists estimated that 1.25 billion birds were in flight, mostly in the Southeast, where a northerly breeze ...

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 ...

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

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

Flight is one of nature’s greatest achievements, but how did it first begin? This video explores the evolution of flight, from insects and pterosaurs to modern birds, and how it reshaped life on Earth ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. MQ-9 Predator drones were deployed over Los Angeles to monitor anti-ICE protests in June. Rights groups warn ...

Millions of Michigan's birds are heading south for the winter and bird watchers can track their annual fall migration flights live. The BirdCast Migration Dashboard, a live migration map provided by ...

In 2021, a group of scientists from China engineered the RoboFalcon—a bird-inspired flapping-wing robot with a newly engineered mechanism made to drive bat-style morphing wings capable of flight.