Scientists once believed birds relied only on flight, talons and socialization for survival. But this one proves otherwise: ...

A rare set of 160-million-year-old dinosaur fossils is reshaping scientists’ understanding of how flight evolved among ...

By copying how migrating birds fly together, Airbus believes airlines could unlock fuel savings on long-haul routes—without ...

Red-backed shrikes fly thousands of kilometers to reach Africa—and they do so with astonishing precision. Aided by new ...

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they ...

Pterosaurs acquired flight "in a burst at their origin," giving scientists new insights into the biological laws of flight ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed flying reptiles called pterosaurs took to the air with birdlike brains. Old fossils seemed to show it.

Ancient pterosaurs may have taken to the skies far earlier and more explosively than birds, evolving flight at their very ...

The researchers suggest that the difference between the long-haulers and those who landed might be in their feathers; the ...

Ancient flying reptiles called pterosaurs learned to fly while their brains were small, taking a very different path from bird evolution.

Christina Harvey uses wind tunnels at the UC Davis College of Engineering to study bird flight. Harvey is the recipient of a 2023 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering. (UC Davis photo) ...