A paper published last year in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface described a feather as a masterpiece of engineering, one comprising nine orders of magnitude, from the nanoscale to the meter ...

(CNN) — When a fossil preserves an animal’s complete body in a death pose, seeing it is observing a snapshot in time. Several such fossils exist for Archaeopteryx — the earliest known bird — and now, ...

A barred owl's remarkable recovery from severe injuries in Fayetteville highlighted the critical impact of human actions on wildlife.

Flying is really hard work. Compared to walking, swimming, or running, flying is the form of movement that takes the most energy and requires the most calories. That means that birds have had to ...

The striking gold/red plumage and characteristic forked tail of the red kite have always been a joy to behold from the ground. Now, thanks to drone technology, you can experience what it would be like ...