According to the Cornell Lab or Ornithology, there are four general wing shapes that allow birds to do specific things, such ...

The Wright Brothers studied bird flight before they designed the first airplane. Now modern aircraft fly higher and faster than any bird, yet no manufactured device matches the graceful movements ...

The birds are now looking extra snazzy—bright and glossy, dressed to impress in their breeding plumage. Colorful, shiny ...

This bird made hawk-watching famous. Thousands of birders gather to watch the annual fall migration of broad-winged hawks. They start in September in New England, traveling down the Appalachian ...

The birds “are able to stroke with power both on the down- and up-beat of a wing flap. Their power and small size allow tremendous agility in flight. In fact, hummingbirds are the only ...

The Wings Over Muscatatuck Annual Spring Migratory Bird Festival will take place from 8 a.m. to noon on April 25 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 26 at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge, three miles ...

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 ...