Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. short-toed eagle eye Here's some science trivia for you: unlike the inner retina in most animals (including us), birds' inner ...

Migratory birds change how high they fly over deserts and seas. Wing shape, feather color, and heat all play a role in helping them survive.

Sitting on a park bench and observing woodpeckers could be quite beneficial, as a new study has found that bird-watching may ...

The eastern bluebird is a special bird. The blue of its feathers is unique. However, this colour is not based on pigments but on the special structure of the feather. Viewed under the microscope, the ...

A flexible tongue, sensitive beak and teethlike cones in the mouth may have helped Archaeopteryx generate enough energy to fly.

Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a material traversed by a network of channels the size of micrometres in the same way as the microstructure of a bird's feather. To do so they have developed a ...