No Bird Wants to Live in a Murder Nest Some birds use a few well-placed feathers to fake their own death and scare off intruders. By Katherine J. Wu Getty / The Atlantic November 16, 2021 ...

Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail feathers. While the feathers probably didn’t help the ...

When a bird isn’t flying, it folds its wings neatly and tucks them against its body, out of the way. What’s more, when the wings are closed, the feathers that are most important for flight are ...

There is more to a bird than just feathers. Katrina van Grouw’s book was intended for artists, but grew to be a book for everyone curious to learn what lies beneath the feathers.

Replicating the structure of bird feathers Date: December 1, 2023 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a material traversed by a network of channels the size of ...