Ruppell's griffon vulture: This vulture can fly to heights of 37,100 ft (11,300 m) and is considered the world's highest-flying bird. It's found in the Sahel region of central Africa and is important ...
Birds flight involves near-constant turbulence—“When they fly around buildings, near trees, near rocks, near cliffs,” Lentink says. The leading hypothesis on how they manage this in a ...
A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say the prototype could eventually lead to passenger ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – After years of trying to replicate how birds fly, Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian figured he could borrow some blueprints from Mother Nature. “We thought that maybe it’s good ...
A record-breaking 5.8 million of those travelers are expected to fly. That’s likely to mean long lines at airport security checkpoints, giving passengers plenty of time to … bird-watch.
LANSING – Michigan welcomed some rare owls to the Upper Peninsula this fall, a trend that is likely to continue as northern owls migrate south into Michigan for the winter.