Birds

Good News Scientists Use Bird Feathers to Make Planes Safer

Taking cues from bird feathers, scientists designed wing flaps that boost lift, cut drag, and improve airplane control in real-world tests.

Discoveries Ancient fossil discovery in China rewrites the history of bird evolution Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries 69-million-year-old fossil discovery reveals earliest modern bird Joseph Shavit

Health Middle school students discover cancer-fighting compound in goose droppings Rebecca Shavit

Green Impact Asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs also triggered mass bird evolution Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries Why are tropical birds more colorful than birds from elsewhere?Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Flight feather discovery — and what it reveals about flying dinosaurs Joshua Shavit

Innovations AI-powered smart binoculars can identify any bird or animal instantly Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Prehistoric bird thought to be extinct returns to the wild Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Hummingbirds drink alcohol and fairly often, study finds Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Identifying bird species by sound, an app opens new avenues for citizen science Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Animals may evolve faster than previously thought Joshua Shavit

Discoveries What the new Jurassic Park movie gets wrong about dinosaurs Joseph Shavit

Innovations Stanford engineers create perching bird-bot Joseph Shavit

Global Good Bird brains left other dinosaurs behind Joseph Shavit