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 ...

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

A flight from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin was delayed Saturday after two birds tried to stow away on the aircraft. The apparent wild pigeons were on Delta Air Lines flight 2348, along with ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find ... some fly as far as South America, stopping to rest and refuel ...