Have you ever looked up at the sky just before a hurricane and noticed birds swirling and swooping in ways that seem almost ...

A ground dwelling bird like a northern bobwhite gets around mostly by walking, and only occasionally has to make a quick flight to scurry away from danger. Its wings are very short and rounded ...

Others will continue their journeys north, to as far away as Alaska ... they don’t have to sleep much." The birds, however, face threats in flight and on the ground. Habitat loss is a leading ...

To support flight, birds’ bodies are crafted to be lightweight ... we imagined each species flying one mile — a distance far enough for each of them to pick up some speed, but short ...