A ruddy shelduck was found in Fetlar this week by Simon Roddis. It is the second record for Shetland. Ruddy shelduck is ...

The yellow-crowned night heron was named the official Bird of Houston in 2019. If you've ever done a double-take at a row of ...

Every pterosaur you’ve seen wears roughly the same wings, whether in a museum, on a screen, or across a textbook page. They are long and leathery, swept to a point, and stretched from one long finger ...

The agency said it's conducting a full review of the three bird dog planes, which are used as airborne command centres to ...

Three people were killed on June 24 after a Turbo Commander 690 crashed while it was providing tactical support for a water ...

Osprey chicks go from helpless hatchlings to fearless fliers in a matter of weeks, but getting there requires a surprisingly tough parenting strategy and days of strange behavior that looks nothing ...

Inspired by diving birds, roboticists built the lightweight machines to move from water to air. The design may one day lead ...

When red-tailed hawks lose feathers, they adapt their wing and tail movements to keep performing certain flight maneuvers, a finding that could inspire aircraft design.

If you think you’re seeing a lot more turkey vultures soaring on the thermals around the Island these days, researchers will ...

Every time a hawk loses a flight feather, it faces a serious aerodynamic problem on its next landing approach. Researchers ...

I was hunting rocks near Challis two weeks ago and I heard a strange whooshing sound, followed by something knocking my hat ...

On a flight from Atlanta to Philadelphia on the eve of the nation's 250th anniversary, Delta passengers had an unexpected ...