Anna's hummingbird flying in the experimental setup, drinking sugar water from a fake flower. Credit: Lentink Lab / Stanford University. Anna's hummingbird flying in the experimental setup, drinking ...

club-winged manakin© "club-winged manakin" by Gary T. Leavens is licensed under BY-SA 4.0. Birds make beautiful chirping songs, but have you ever seen them make music with their wings? That is one of ...

Forget the typical spa soundtracks, like rainstorms and crashing waves. The next time you want to relax, head to Spotify, look up key phrases like “birds in the forest,” and enjoy a cacophony of ...

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The Wright Brothers studied bird flight before they designed the first airplane. Now modern aircraft fly higher and faster than any bird, yet no manufactured device matches the graceful movements and ...

Bird wing shape -- a proxy for long-distance flying ability, or dispersal -- is a trait that influences biodiversity patterns on islands around the world, according to biologists. You can know a lot ...

We become desensitized to the common sounds around us—car alarms, chattering squirrels, the mechanical functions of modern living kicking on and off throughout the day. If you had asked me a week ago ...

Most bird wings are far from aerodynamically optimal, suggesting evolution often settles for “good enough” instead of perfect ...