“Pecking is a full-body exercise,” says University of Alabama biologist Nicole Ackermans, who studies brain damage in ...

The power behind a ring dove’s trill belongs to the fastest class of vertebrate muscles known, reports a team of physiologists. This is the first demonstration of superfast muscles in a bird, the ...

Two species of small tropical birds called manakins can “clap” and “snap” their wings with incredible speed thanks to one of the fastest limb muscles ever known in vertebrates. And according to a new ...

Migrating thousands of miles every year requires insane amounts of energy. But that’s still nothing compared to the amount of water birds need to remain hydrated… and the drastic steps birds take to ...

Studies in a group of tropical birds have revealed one of the fastest limb muscles on record for any animal with a backbone. The muscle, which can move the wing at more than twice the speeds required ...

Male birds tend to be better singers than females -- but does the basis for this difference lie in the brain or in the syrinx, their equivalent of our larynx? The researchers behind a new study ...

To take flight, first strengthen your legs: It sounds like a self-help proverb, but it could explain how birds first took wing. Until now, most explanations of the evolution of flight have assumed ...

Studies in a group of tropical birds have revealed one of the fastest limb muscles on record for any animal with a backbone. The muscle, which can move the wing at more than twice the speeds required ...