Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...

The possession of feathers and other parts of native North American birds without a permit is banned by the Migratory Bird ...

Who doesn’t love a good ’80s jam? “Obsession” may be a classic, but Animotion has nothing on these cockatoos shared by ...

Numerous bird species feature small covert feathers layered on their wings. As the name implies, these feathers remain hidden flat against the wing during normal flight but flare to mitigate ...

To withstand the force of the oncoming air, a flight feather is shaped asymmetrically, the leading edge thin and stiff, the trailing edge long and flexible. To generate lift, a bird has merely to ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation ... the complete and permanent transformation of scales into feathers on the bird's feet. Recreating the first dinosaur proto-feathers ''Since the Shh ...

Whether or not you believe the common myth that the movement of black-cockatoos means bad weather is on its way, that iconic flash of red under the black tail feathers of a this cockatoo is enough to ...

Bird experts agree Creamsicle is rare — and potentially even unique — in its colouring. But they disagree about what's behind the orange feathers. Karen Cleveland, wildlife biologist with ...