Red backed shrikes migrate using a fixed schedule, flying in stages with little variation, showing that genetics guide bird ...

Red-backed shrikes fly thousands of kilometers to reach Africa—and they do so with astonishing precision. Aided by new ...

By copying how migrating birds fly together, Airbus believes airlines could unlock fuel savings on long-haul routes—without ...

Christina Harvey uses wind tunnels at the UC Davis College of Engineering to study bird flight. Harvey is the recipient of a 2023 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering. (UC Davis photo) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most bird species don’t fly above a few thousand feet in ...

Scientists once believed birds relied only on flight, talons and socialization for survival. But this one proves otherwise: ...

Slow-motion footage of baby birds helps scientists uncover how their ancestors took to the skies. Birds today make flight look effortless, but its evolution was complex. Scientists are still trying to ...

Pterosaurs acquired flight "in a burst at their origin," giving scientists new insights into the biological laws of flight ...

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they first appeared, without the large brains that supported flight in birds. A ...

Ancient pterosaurs may have taken to the skies far earlier and more explosively than birds, evolving flight at their very ...