A team of researchers from Princeton University is exploring how feather-like flaps on aircraft wings could improve stability ...

Birds wintering farther south, closer to the equator, potentially have a faster rate of feather degradation due to an increase in UVR intensity, but may live in a more benignÐ site in other respects.

Birds have long been our inspiration for flight, and researchers at Princeton University have found a new trick in their arsenal: covert feathers. These small feathers on top of birds’ wings lay ...

Birds have feathers and a beak and lay hard-shelled eggs. Many birds are able to fly using their wings, but others such as ostriches are flightless and unable to fly. Some birds like penguins ...

Did you know that birds are evolved from dinosaurs. All birds lay eggs and they can look very different. They all have beaks, feathers, two legs and two wings. Most even have special feathers on ...