No matter how good our human designs may be, evolution has had a 4-billion-year head start, so there’s no shame in copying off Mother Nature’s homework. Engineers at the University of Bristol have ...

WASHINGTON — A new study sheds light on just how efficiently the world’s largest soaring bird rides air currents to stay aloft for hours without flapping its wings. The Andean condor has a wingspan ...

The US Air Force is creating microdrones that can flap their wings like a bird or insect. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is working with Airion Health LLC and using a 2014 patent to create a ...

A new drive system for flapping wing autonomous robots has been developed, using a new method of electromechanical zipping that does away with the need for conventional motors and gears. A new drive ...

The mighty albatross can use its huge 3.5 metre wings to circumnavigate the globe in just 46 days. But its ability to travel 10,000 miles in a single journey, without expending almost any energy, has ...