Hummingbirds are amazing little creatures that fascinate many artists. Their tiny size, vibrant colors, and unique flying abilities make them a fun subject to draw. Many people enjoy sketching these ...

Bird wings and legs evolve independently, while bat wing and leg proportions are integrated. Credit: Nature Ecology & Evolution (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02572-9 ...

In a study published March 25 Current Biology, a team from the University of Tokyo describes how this small bird appears to use this wing to say “after you” to indicate that the other bird.

Two tiny bird wings were encased in amber. They were 99 million years old, but they looked as though they could take flight any minute: delicate bones were arched in the middle of the wings and ...

One bird rose in the air, and with the characteristic cry of fright flew over the millrace in the direction of a corn-field. When on the wing it was struck by lightning and killed “like a shot.” ...

Modern birds need at least a square centimetre of wing area for every 4 grams of body mass, so an 80-kilogram human would need two square metres of wing. But an arm might be converted to a ...