From mountain ranges to thin air far above the ground, certain birds are built to fly higher than any others. These species ...
Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many other great questions in her book, The Bird Watching Answer Book. (For the ...
According to bird experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman, much about bird flying is dependent on the species, season, and what else the bird is doing. Songbirds that feed on insects vary in the elevation ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- A landscape of concrete and steel high-rises might seem an unlikely place for predatory birds to learn how to fly, yet each year young peregrine falcons here venture outside their ...
TUCSON (KVOA) — The Arizona Game and Fish Department have recently been receiving reports of homeowners being swooped by Cooper's hawks. As temperatures climb above 100 degrees, young hawks are ...
A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say the prototype could eventually lead to passenger ...