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Birds Flying FAQ: How High Do Birds Fly?

Birds flying inspire awe — but how much do you know about flight? Learn which bird flies highest, which flying bird is ...
Science Daily

When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers

Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found that when birds evolve ...

It’s turkey season in CT. Here’s why the wild birds are considered a conservation success story

The Eastern wild turkey is considered to be one of Connecticut’s conservation success stories, as decades of restoration ...
WKRN-TV

Northerly winds help millions of birds migrate south

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A gusty northerly wind has blown in some cooler and less humid air into Tennessee and Kentucky. Along with cooler temperatures, the north wind is helping birds migrate south ...

As hundreds of millions of birds head south, the invisible danger is glass

It's the peak of the fall migration season. This is when bird deaths from window collisions tend to spike, even though simple ...
EurekAlert!

When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers

More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a new study in the journal Evolution, researchers ...