From 9-foot tall ostriches to albatrosses with gargantuan wingspans, here are some of the biggest birds in the world.

When a bird isn’t flying, it folds its wings neatly and tucks them against its body, out of the way. What’s more, when the wings are closed, the feathers that are most important for flight are ...

The poisoning of a red kite, found dead near Loughbrickland, County Down, is being investigated by police. The bird of prey, ...

Where cardinals are a bright red, male scarlet tanagers are a red-hot, almost electric red, accented by their black wings and tail. (Females are a less noticeable yellow-green color.) ...

Marina Henke: With insects, wings diversify even more. That’s because when you're really tiny, the viscosity of the air ...

Birds such as terns, swifts, ducks, falcons and sandpipers have high-speed wings that are long and pointed, allowing them to maintain rapid flight and maneuver quickly to capture prey.

Birds such as terns, swifts, ducks, falcons and sandpipers have high-speed wings that are long and pointed, allowing them to maintain rapid flight and maneuver quickly to capture prey.

Climate change and habitat loss could cause more than 500 bird species to go extinct in the next 100 years, researchers from ...

This weird blue-faced, red-eyed bird smells so bad predators won't eat them. Skip to main content. ... The strange 'stinkbird' born with clawed wings that appears to be an evolutionary 'orphan' ...

Aircraft need powerful engines, jet or propeller driven, to deliver the thrust required to enable their wings to generate ...

The Red Wings rank 25th in goals-against average over the past three seasons cumulatively. That’s not all on the goaltenders, however. The defensemen and forwards have a lot to do with that as well.

Birds such as terns, swifts, ducks, falcons and sandpipers have high-speed wings that are long and pointed, allowing them to maintain rapid flight and maneuver quickly to capture prey.