Researchers at the Engineering School at Princeton University have taken inspiration from birds to improve flight performance and safety in aircraft. The researchers deployed rows of flaps to the wing ...

This video presents a charming bird illustration created with soft watercolor techniques and fine brushwork. The vibrant ...

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

A 121-million-year-old fossil from China shows that extreme feather displays are not a modern bird invention. Plumadraco ...

Ever since the first humans saw birds gracefully soaring through the sky above their heads, we have been asking two questions: how do they do that, and how can we learn to do that? Centuries of ...

Engineers found a way to help airplanes avoid stall with lightweight plastic flaps that flutter with pressure changes. The flaps mimick a class of feathers that are key to birds' most daring aerial ...

For most birds, looking good for spring means undergoing a partial molt. Because feathers are pure protein, shedding and ...

Scientists examined hundreds of birds in museum collections and discovered a suite of feather characteristics that all flying birds have in common. These 'rules' provide clues as to how the dinosaur ...

Modern birds capable of flight all have a specialized wing structure called the propatagium without which they could not fly. The evolutionary origin of this structure has remained a mystery, but new ...