Tufted puffins are endangered in Washington state, and researchers hope to boost their sagging population there, currently ...
For 50 years, the state of Maine has drawn worldwide attention for its efforts to restore a puffin colony, an effort that has brought controversy, hope, and a cottage industry you have to see to ...
For avid birdwatchers, fall migration can be quite a show, as millions of birds travel to warmer winter homes—whether it's just a few hundred miles away or thousands of miles so ...
An analysis of hoverfly flight shows that wing design, not faster flapping, enables the smallest species to generate enough ...
Small hoverflies compensate for size-related flight challenges through evolutionary changes in wing shape rather than altered wingbeat kinematics.