Airplane wings are modeled after bird wings. The bones and muscles of ... a special ridge of bone that runs down the center of the wide sternum, or breastbone. The tail feathers are used for ...

Research from Washington University in St. Louis says that bird wing shape—a proxy for long-distance flying ability—is a trait that influences biodiversity patterns on islands around the world.

This bird made hawk-watching famous ... Light-morph adult: Head, back, and wings are brown, throat is white, wing tips dark, dark tail with 1 wide white band. A second, thinner band may be ...

Researchers may have just found the answer: Unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may ...

Two male Rodrigues solitaires fight over a female in the background using club-like wings The extinct Dodo had a little-known relative on another island. This fascinating bird ultimately suffered ...