In this video I show you how a plane and a bird fly with similar but different mechanisms.

In 1973, an airliner struck a bird called a Rüppell's griffon vulture – which, on its own, isn't that weird; planes hit birds ...

Watching a bird soar into the sky may seem ordinary. Yet behind this aerial ballet lies precise mechanics where every wingbeat obeys the laws of aerodynamics. Birds don't fly by chance: they ...

Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find out. Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do ...

As rising global temperatures alter ecosystems worldwide, animal species usually have two choices: adapt to changing local conditions or flee to a cooler climate. Ecologists have long assumed that the ...

Swifts practically live in the sky. These birds skip land for nearly a year, doing everything midair, from eating to sleeping. They travel thousands of miles without ever stopping to perch. Scientists ...