Frigatebirds can remain airborne for days at a time without landing. Here’s how they rest while flying, according to biological research.

FIRST PHOTO: A flock of iwa, or great frigatebirds, spirals above a Wailea Emerald Golf Course pond Wednesday morning, while taking turns drifting down to scoop drinks of water without stopping. The ...

COCOA BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — A rare magnificent frigatebird found itself in dire straits after a powerful storm knocked it out of the sky while it was flying over the ocean. The bird, not typically ...

The great frigatebird is, well, pretty great. "They have these big wing spans and a relatively light body so they can soar up into the atmosphere and spend months and days aloft. It's a really ...

A Christmas Island frigate bird named Lydia recently made a nonstop journey of just over 26 days and covering nearly 2,500 miles -- across Indonesian volcanoes and some of Asia’s busiest shipping ...

The South Pacific’s frigate birds have not the high standards of U.S. postmen through storm and sleet and snow and dark of night. But, in their slapdash way, the frigate birds do pretty well. For ...

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