We all enjoy seeing birds in our gardens. But how much do you know about a bird anatomy? If you asked the average person to describe a bird, the answer probably would be a quick overview of its ...

The power behind a ring dove’s trill belongs to the fastest class of vertebrate muscles known, reports a team of physiologists. This is the first demonstration of superfast muscles in a bird, the ...

Two species of small tropical birds called manakins can “clap” and “snap” their wings with incredible speed thanks to one of the fastest limb muscles ever known in vertebrates. And according to a new ...