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

Research suggests that free-moving panels on aircraft wings can improve stability, reduce turbulence, and add fuel efficiency ...

UNIGE scientists reveal the key role of specific genes in feather development, providing insights into their evolution from dinosaurs.

Millions of years before modern birds evolved, their dinosaur ancestors were soaring through the air. Scientists are piecing together how these iconic reptiles took to the skies. Fossils reveal that ...

The pressures of climate change may be strengthening bonds between unlikely allies in Central Australia's bird community as species are forced to work together to access life-saving resources, a ...

This story appears in the February 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Most of us will never get to see nature's greatest marvels in person. We won't get a glimpse of a colossal squid's ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying ...

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been widely debated, paleontological discoveries and developmental biology ...