Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...

At the end of just about every commercial airliner’s wings is an important piece of technology that can be easy to miss. The small upturned tips of each wing are called winglets, and although they ...

"Most previous studies suggest that insulation might have been the primary function for the first feathers, but our discovery supports that display represents one of the earliest functions for ...

Birds of a feather may flock together, but the feathers of birds differ altogether. New research from an international team led by USC scientists set out to learn how feathers developed and helped ...

When we think of birds, the mind immediately turns to flight. That birds can fly and have adapted to a life of flying the world over is miraculous. Much of what allows the Aves taxonomic class to take ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - An unusual partnership between fashion and science is taking flight this spring in University Circle.