With a view to making such shape-shifting wings a reality, scientists are about to get up close and personal with our avian friends, launching into the most detailed analysis of bird flight ever ...

Plucky, an African gray parrot, accompanied its owner on a Frontier Airlines flight to Puerto Rico in January. But a gate agent would not let it on board the return flight. By Neil Vigdor Maria ...

It is not clear based on the video which airline Brooke is flying nor is it clear what events led up to the bird being on the eight-hour international flight.

Maria Fraterrigo told CNN affiliate WCBS she was warned “if you want to get on the flight, get rid of the bird,” while trying to leave after a trip to her vacation home in Puerto Rico.

The only problem is the bird wasn't allowed on her Frontier flight, although it was allowed on the Frontier flight out of JFK. So what happened? She says the gate agents in Puerto Rico told her an ...