The Flying Kiwis: No longer flightless, spreading football fandom at the World Cup

They call themselves the Flying Kiwis, an eclectic group of New Zealanders from around the world who, whenever their national ...
Science Daily

When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers

Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found that when birds evolve ...
Washington Times

Emu at Missouri zoo killed by hail, another flightless bird left needing care

A hailstorm struck a zoo in Missouri Tuesday, killing an emu, a flightless bird native to Australia. The Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, 160 miles southeast of Kansas City, said on Facebook that ...

Iconic endangered bird returned to New Zealand's capital after a century's absence

They are a part of who we are and our sense of belonging here,” said Paul Ward, founder of the Capital Kiwi Project.
Greek Reporter

Scientists Discover Four-Winged Dinosaur That Changes How Birds Learned to Fly

New research on a four-winged dinosaur reveals it was secondarily flightless, with a wing structure and molting pattern.
The Globe and Mail

A citizen campaign returns iconic kiwi birds to New Zealand's capital after century-long absence

The kiwi, New Zealand’s sacred national bird, vanished from the hills around Wellington more than a century ago, but now the capital's residents are waging an improbable citizen campaign to return the ...
The Guardian

Scientists believe birds’ skulls hold clues to inner lives of long-extinct dinosaurs

Early birds were like ‘T rex reincarnated’, says scientist who believes avian skulls offer insight into dinosaurs’ behaviour T rex is often depicted as more brawn than brains, but now scientists are ...
Nature

Phylogenetics and Evolution of Flightless Birds

Flightlessness has evolved repeatedly and independently across avian lineages, yielding a remarkable array of giant and diminutive species from ratites to extinct ...
a-z-animals

These Migratory Birds Travel Thousands of Miles Without Stopping

Every year, billions of birds around the world take to the skies for their annual migration. It’s truly astonishing as these journeys often span oceans, continents, and even hemispheres. Some species ...
Healthline

How to Perform the Bird Dog Exercise and Its Core Benefits

The Bird Dog exercise strengthens your core, hips, and back by engaging stabilizer muscles like the erector spinae, rectus abdominis, glutes, and hamstrings. This can help improve posture, balance, ...
The New York Times

The Best Smart Bird Feeders

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Rachel Cericola Rachel Cericola is a writer covering smart home. In addition ...
IFLScience

The Only Known Bird Without Wings – Not Even Vestigial Ones – Was Also The Tallest To Ever Live

The moa, though? Not a wing nubbin in sight – making it the only known example of a bird without wings. Enormous size was the ...