Learn more about the breathtaking rapid wing speed of hummingbirds. An expert reveals how fast hummingbirds fly and flap ...

You may have noticed that almost every species of passerine bird has a particular method of flying. Woodpeckers (including ...

According to bird experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman, much about bird flying is dependent on the species, season, and what else the bird is doing. Songbirds that feed on insects vary in the elevation ...

Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find out. Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do ...

As birds migrate south for the winter, they go to a variety of places both within the U.S. and internationally. This is how ...

Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found that when birds evolve ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – After years of trying to replicate how birds fly, Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian figured he could borrow some blueprints from Mother Nature. “We thought that maybe it’s good idea to use ...

Each year, birds set out on their annual spring migration, traveling to their summer feeding grounds. This time of year is when local birds that went south for the winter return, or when birds that ...