Birds in V-shaped formations save energy by adjusting wing flapping and timing. A new study reveals birds reduce flapping ...

A world-first study of birds migrating across Bass Strait has shown they traveled directly through zones earmarked for the federal government's two declared offshore wind farms. Monash University ...

A study has found that migratory birds like geese and red-knobbed coots flying in a "V-formation" can save approximately 11% ...

Reconstruction of a Late Triassic landscape (approximately 215 million years ago). A lagerpetid, a close relative of pterosaurs, is perched on a rock, observing pterosaurs flying overhead. Tübingen, ...

The Hawaiian Electric Company says it will continue to take steps to collect seabird flight information to develop its Maui Island Habitat Conservation Plan, first announced in November 2022. By ...

Bird physiology is conducive to flight: small size, hollow bones, and generally symmetrical feathers on the wings and tail. It seems like a no-brainer that bird evolution was optimized for flight, but ...

For the past 25 years, Professor of Engineering and Biology Sharon Swartz and Professor of Engineering Kenneth Breuer ’82 P’14 P’16 have been fascinated by animal flight. The two professors have ...

Birds and planes have shared the sky for over a century, but the science behind keeping them apart has lagged dangerously behind. A landmark new study finally puts hard numbers to a common-sense ...