The pair found that the long primary feathers along the tips of wings are asymmetrical in birds that can fly, and symmetrical ...

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 ...

For instance, the long primary feathers along the tips of birds' wings are asymmetrical in birds that can fly, but ...

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 technique of the divine bird warriors, the very first of all horned warriors, wielded as an incantation. Spread the arms wide like wings to release a flurry of feathers. This incantation can be ...

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 ...

“There’s no way of knowing where the bird came from. It was in great body condition, very clean, but all of these feathers are freshly cut. There’s nothing left to the wings and tai ...

the birds are largely covered in soft black feathers which absorb so much light that they rival manmade materials. When the male of the species begins its mating ritual, it raises its wings into a ...

“When I first held the bird, I noticed that every single feather on both its wings and tail were sheared and look to be intentionally cut off,” Jess Zorge, of Raptor Tales Rescue, sai ...

Birds have feathers and a beak and lay hard-shelled eggs. Many birds are able to fly using their wings, but others such as ostriches are flightless and unable to fly. Some birds like penguins ...