From albatrosses to sharks to slimy eels, the natural world has long been a source of inspiration for aircraft design and ...

Eurasian reed warblers don’t just get a sense of direction from Earth’s magnetic field – they can also calculate their ...

Learn how to create a flying airplane using just a plastic bottle and cardboard! In this easy DIY project, you'll turn simple ...

Explore the high-flying world of birds that dare to soar to astonishing heights! Which birds are capable of these remarkable ...

The research team at New Mexico Tech has constructed and tested pheasant, mallard duck and pigeon drones and robots. Their ...

The opening lyrics to the J. Geils Band’s “Love Stinks” provide a succinct summary (at least of Act I) of Aaron Posner’s play “Stupid F**king Bird,” onstage through November 10 at the ...

Joby recently performed a few exhibition flights in Manhattan (shown below) and plans to start flying commercial passengers in cities like New York and Los Angeles in 2025. The last time Hyundai ...

Flying taxis could soon be a reality in the U.S. after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a final rule on Tuesday that establishes a new category of aircraft called “powered lift.” ...

Fossils reveal that prehistoric cicadas’ wings evolved to help them evade hungry predators with feathers and beaks, scientists say. By Jack Tamisiea Today, few critters are as abundant as cicadas.

The Federal Aviation Administration has formally recognized a new category of aircraft for the first time in roughly eight decades — a technology not so different from the flying cars of “The ...

Bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial poultry farm in Clackamas County, Ore., and small backyard flocks in Lewis County, Wash., and Crook County, Ore. Migratory waterfowl are spreading the ...

“Somebody would have had to tell me what’s up there, we’re not about to just keep flying while something is crawling on top of my head,” said one Instagram commenter. Another ...