Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study. The results could mean that wing-folding is the next step in increasing the propulsive and ...

Is there math behind flocking birds and schooling fish? Scientists decode the animals’ synchronised behaviour and liken it to ...

As we’re starting to get used to the idea of unmanned drones dropping deliveries on a regular basis, scientists are already working on changing them. How about watching a drone flap its wings on its ...

France's military is developing "BIOFLY" drones that mimic the flapping wings of birds to achieve stealth and camouflage for military applications. Based on a Bionic Bird design, these lightweight ...

Next time you look up at the sky at a flock of birds, pay close attention. They might not be what you think they are. Scientists at New Mexico Tech are using birds preserved by taxidermy and turning ...

With the development of bionic birds in the field of aviation, research on high bionic performance of bionic birds has increasingly become the mainstream of related scientific research fields. Most ...

Ornithopters have been — mostly — the realm of science fiction. However, a paper in Advanced Intelligent Systems by researchers at Lund University proposes that flapping wings may well power the ...

Engineers are finding new ways to make wind turbines more efficient by stealing design cues from one of the world’s heaviest aerial birds, the Andean condor. This is according to new research ...