Even common birds—pigeons on ledges, sparrows in hedges—do not rest fully. Their tendon-locking perching mechanism keeps them ...

In suburban Sydney, sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) previously figured out how to break into garbage bins and ...

Nashville Zoo flamingos reveal the oddball birds generate many types of vortices to eat. The swirls could be an inspiration to human engineers.

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

Editor’s Note: The video above is from April 2023. AUSTIN (KXAN) — A series of deaths in Lady Bird Lake in recent years have spurred rumors and conspiracy theories. Sixteen deaths have been ...

Share on Pinterest HHS has cut funding to a Moderna program that develops vaccines against influenza-like viruses that could lead to pandemics, such as bird flu. Johanna Moya/Getty Images The ...

The defects in molecular and cellular processes that constitute the triggers of specific pathologies are referred to as mechanisms of disease. Research in this area is vital for designing ...

Enzyme mechanisms are the chemical transformations, and the steps within them, generated by enzymatic action on substrates. The mechanism of enzyme catalysis is similar in principle to other types ...