Birds can modify the shape of their wings by fanning out their feathers or shuffling them closer together. Those adjustments allow birds to cut through the sky more nimbly than rigid drones.

Sudden changes in bird songs and ... In contrast, adult male tawny-bellied seedeaters have rust-colored cheeks, throat and underparts with dark grey wings ... Genetic shuffling may be ...

How birds got their wings The origin of a structure in bird wings essential to flight has been found in dinosaurs Date: February 24, 2023 Source: University of Tokyo ...

Taking inspiration from bird feathers, Princeton engineers have found that adding rows of flaps to a remote-controlled aircraft's wings improves flight performance and helps prevent stalling, a ...

With a view to bringing shapeshifting wings for aircraft closer to reality, scientists are launching into the most detailed analysis of bird flight ever conducted.

Other early birds might have used a combination of wing and leg strength to launch into the air, but this hasn’t been shown for Archaeopteryx (SN: 11/26/16, p. 9). Science News sponsorship position.

In a study published March 25 Current Biology, a team from the University of Tokyo describes how this small bird appears to use this wing to say “after you” to indicate that the other bird.

Previous feathers found in amber were individual feathers or feather fragments — these ones were the entire wings. The wing-containing amber samples, which were also studded with bubbles and a ...