The Standard-Winged Nightjar is one of the coolest and strangest looking birds I've seen. When I first watched this video, I ...

yet no manufactured device matches the graceful movements and mechanics of bird wings. It’s easy to marvel at the magic of a bird in flight, but understanding how it all works makes the process ...

The broken-wing display, in which birds fake being wounded to protect their nests from predators, is found across the avian phylogenetic tree, a study finds. Now that it had an audience, the killdeer ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Miners in Southeast Asia discovered a well-preserved wing of an extinct bird species. The discovery reveals similarities between ancient and modern birds.

avian wing geometry and kinematics, comparative scaling of fixed and flapping flyers, wing flow control, and oil droplet deposition in turbulent flow.

Evidence of avian beginnings has been elusive in the fossil ... But the creature also had wings and bore feathers -- certainly birdlike traits. Despite the increasingly clear picture of the ...

The paper, by V.B. Baliga at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and colleagues was titled, "Range of motion in the avian wing is strongly associated with flight behavior and ...

Duck into a low stance, momentarily vanishing. If an enemy attack connects, avian wings will allow for a quick escape into the air. This Ash of War provides your weapon with Keen affinity and the ...