Eagles are waging war for control of the sky above Western Australia’s Goldfields region. Since employing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in its St. Ives Mine, surveyor Rick Steven has lost a ...

The golden eagle is able to traverse the Appalachians using winds and thermals, speeding as it descends and slowing as it climbs, thereby saving energy - Golden eagle via Shutterstock To a migrant ...

Birds don’t always flap their wings to fly; sometimes they soar, taking advantage of thermals to lift them into the sky. Scientists are now using AI to achieve the same thing, creating ...

Using a type of artificial intelligence which learns based on trial and error, researchers have demonstrated how gliders can glide autonomously on thermal currents, much like an eagle does. Here's ...