Recent research delving into the intricate world of bird feathers has uncovered a fascinating discovery: a distinct set of feather rules governing flight capabilities. This breakthrough sheds light on ...

SapceShipTwo glides to a landing at the Mojave Air and Space Port May 1 after testing its feather system. Credit: Virgin Galactic WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic said May 1 it successfully tested the ...

Archaeopteryx had a wing that was different from that of modern birds, and, as seen here, might have been a glider more than a powered flyer. Art by Carl Buell, courtesy of Nicholas Longrich How did ...

Scientists say that the flight feathers of birds, including the flight feathers of the Temminck's Lark pictured above, provide clues into the abilities of the dinosaurs.Credit: Yosef Kiat Heaps of ...

WASHINGTON – WASHINGTON -- Recent fossil discoveries that showed feathers on some of the early flying animals, like the Archaeopteryx, created a bit of a flap in the archaeological world. And now ...

The evolution of birds began in the Jurassic, a period that began about 200 million years ago, and the earliest birds emerged from a branch of bipedal theropod dinosaurs. So by about 160 million years ...

Avian plumage doesn’t simply enable flight–this miracle of Nature provides birds with protection, shape and colour and ...

After establishing a stable glide, test pilot Pete Siebold raised the twin booms that make up the tail of SS2 into the feather position. On an actual suborbital space flight, this would be done while ...

Back in the day, when I hunted ruffed grouse with my father, we often shot at the same bird more than once. That's because we were mediocre marksmen at best, often missing the bird with the first ...

* Here’s smoking-gun evidence that the feathered fiends who plague our grassy lawns and golf courses are also threatening the lives of airplane passengers departing La Guardia, Kennedy and Newark ...