Long before birds fluttered their wings and took their maiden flight, it was pterosaurs - the distant cousins of birds - that ...

The common swift (Apus apus) may seem unassuming at first glance, weighing a mere 40 grams on average. However, this tiny ...

The Andean condor is the world's heaviest soaring bird and can weigh up to 15kg The world's heaviest soaring bird flaps its wings just 1% of the time during flight, researchers have found.

After first photographing a blue tit's display in his Shropshire garden he has spent the past few weeks making a collection of other visiting birds recorded mid-flight and surrounded by colour.

You would have to look quickly to see either, however, as these speedy little birds can beat their wings 53 times a second ... embark on a marathon, nonstop flight across the Gulf of Mexico.

A doctoral student has created the RAVEN drone, with a wingspan of 39 inches, that he hopes might one day be used for deliveries ...

American Airlines passengers feared for their lives Thursday when a bird flew into the engine of their outbound LaGuardia flight — forcing ... “I was right by the wing and I saw it.