Every page of Peter Cavanagh's "100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight," from the preface, where the author begins with “Flight is the essence of bird life. Flying has allowed birds ...

According to bird experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman, much about bird flying is dependent on the species, season, and what else the bird is doing. Songbirds that feed on insects vary in the elevation ...

Their position and the timing of wing flaps allows them to use energy efficiently Sensors attached to a flock of ibises allowed researchers to reach conclusion Research helps confirm theories ...

The largest flying bird known to ever have lived has now been revealed, an extinct giant with a wingspan more than twice the size of the largest living flying bird, researchers say. These findings ...

What determines how big a flying bird can be? The answer, in part, is the time it takes for the creatures to replace their feathers, researchers have found. The study, published Tuesday in the journal ...

WASHINGTON — It was like something out of a movie. The carcasses of hundreds of songbirds appeared at the base of a 23-story building in Galveston, Texas. Local animal-control officials and experts in ...