Stuttgart/Irvine – If a Tyrannosaurus Rex living 66 million years ago featured a similar leg structure as an ostrich running in the savanna today, then we can assume bird legs stood the test of time – ...

Engineers at Stanford University have been working on a robot that is part quadrotor flying drone and part peregrine falcon. The upper half of the robot looks like a common quadrotor drone designed to ...

We all enjoy seeing birds in our gardens. But how much do you know about a bird anatomy? If you asked the average person to describe a bird, the answer probably would be a quick overview of its ...

Young-Hui Chang can remember exactly when he realized how flamingos balance so effortlessly on one leg. He and a fellow biologist Lena Ting suspected that the pink birds might have features on their ...

New research based on high-resolution x-ray movies reveals that despite having extremely underdeveloped muscles and wings, young birds acquire a mature flight stroke early in their development, ...

Flamingos’ signature pose is an enduring natural mystery. Scientists have proffered a number of theories about why the birds often stand on a single, slender leg while resting—some say it helps them ...

New research based on high-resolution x-ray movies reveals that despite having extremely underdeveloped muscles and wings, young birds acquire a mature flight stroke early in their development, ...