What to Know Before Clipping Your Bird’s Wings While many bird owners clip their feathered friends’ wings to prevent them from flying away, feather trimming requires careful consideration.

Discover the world's most amazing flightless birds—like ostriches, penguins, and emus. Learn why they can't fly and how ...

After the ban of conventional cages, producers had the option to move to colony cages, barns and free-range systems.

There are renewed calls from animal rights advocates for an end to colony-cage egg farms. The Open Wing Alliance launched an international campaign about conditions in caged egg production farms, ...

Newcastle disease has been detected on two commercial pigeon operations in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. The Canadian ...

The vane on the leading edge — or “forward,” in the direction of a bird’s flight — is narrower and the fibers are generally ...

Pluck off the small feathers and use your knife to cut away the big primary feathers. What you’ll end up with what looks like over-sized chicken wings, but unfortunately you can’t cook them like ...

Wick primary school teacher Clemency Crow lives up to her name with a new bird-themed fantasy novel called Doorway to the Sunset.

The natural marvels, which do everything from enabling acrobatic flight to insulating against Antarctic cold, continue to ...

Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

Marina Henke: With insects, wings diversify even more. That’s because when you're really tiny, the viscosity of the air ...