The Wright Brothers studied bird flight before they designed the first airplane. Now modern aircraft fly higher and faster than any bird, yet no manufactured device matches the graceful movements and ...

Scientists examined hundreds of birds in museum collections and discovered a suite of feather characteristics that all flying birds have in common. These 'rules' provide clues as to how the dinosaur ...

It took 150 million years for feathered dinosaurs to master flight and become the birds we see overhead today. By 125 million years ago, the Mesozoic skies were full of birds. But many of them were ...