Why it's awesome: The hoatzin is often regarded as one of the world's strangest birds. Hatchlings are born with clawed wings ...

For centuries, scientists have observed that animals in warmer climates have longer limbs—a pattern known as Allen's Rule.

Winged Canvas is an online school for illustration and a vibrant art nerd community! Dedicated to making art education accessible, they offer free live art education streams every Saturday and Sunday, ...

Boeing’s YC-14 stands as a bold experiment that, even in cancellation, advanced the science of flight. Boeing’s YC-14 emerged from a United States Air Force (USAF) initiative launched in the mid-1970s ...

Yarn? Dog hair? What’s with San Jose bird’s obsessive twig collecting? A quail taking flight is somewhat like a rock with a bad set of wings as these pudgy birds madly flap, exerting great ...

A quail taking flight is somewhat like a rock with a bad set of wings as these pudgy birds madly flap, exerting great effort to get off the ground. On a backcountry hike I enjoyed a much different ...

Burke reported that an X-ray later showed the bird’s wing had been fractured in two places and there was an emergency surgery on Jan. 21. The Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, a nonprofit ...

When we think of animals that soar through the air, birds and bats typically come to mind. However, nature has evolved remarkable adaptations that allow many creatures to glide through the air without ...

Wing-type actuator with solvent-driven motion mimicking the flapping of bird wings (motion flap up and flap down) and artificial muscle with solvent-driven motion mimicking the action of Five-Animal ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they ...

HERE AT LAST is the novel that legions of admirers of Captain Corelli's Mandolin have been impatiently awaiting for a decade. Once again the setting is the Eastern Mediterranean; and once again the ...