From geese and pelicans to cranes and cormorants, many birds use a V-shaped flock to master the aerodynamics of long-distance ...

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind. A ...

Some feathered dinosaurs like Anchiornis huxleyi may have lost the ability to fly, revealing that the evolution of flight was ...

New research on a four-winged dinosaur reveals it was secondarily flightless, with a wing structure and molting pattern.

For years, the evolution of flight seemed fairly straightforward. Dinosaurs developed feathers, with some learning to glide, ...