Backyard birds like cardinals don't always look neat and pretty. Find out if it's normal to see a bird with missing tail ...

But a bird wing is vastly more sophisticated than anything composed of sheet metal and rivets. From a central feather shaft extends a series of slender barbs, each sprouting smaller barbules ...

If there’s anything more rewarding than catching a fish on a fly tied with your own two hands, it is doing so with fly tying ...

Bird-inspired flaps improve airplane lift by 45% Airplane wings with bird-like flaps reduce drag by 31% Bird-inspired design prevents stalls, improves stability ...

and they are covered in feathers that narrow to a point. Airplane wings are modeled after bird wings. The bones and muscles of the wing are also highly specialized. The main bone, the humerus ...

These small feathers on top of birds’ wings lay flat during normal flight but flare up in turbulence during landing. By attaching flexible plastic strips – “covert flaps” – to the top of ...

A government repository in Colorado that provides dead eagles and their parts for free to tribal members keeps up with orders for individual feathers, such as for graduates. Yet it’s unable to meet ...

Researchers attached covert feather-inspired flaps to a 3D-printed model airplane wing and mounted it in a wind tunnel to explore the role of covert feathers in bird flight. By precisely measuring ...

Unlike your average flying robot, this one isn’t just inspired by nature — it’s decked out with real pigeon feathers and mimics how birds adjust their wings and tails mid-flight. Using nine ...