The Wright Brothers studied bird flight before they designed the first airplane. Now modern aircraft fly higher and faster than any bird, yet no manufactured device matches the graceful movements and ...

You would have to look quickly to see either, however, as these speedy little birds can beat their wings 53 times a second ... throated hummingbird may eat twice its body weight in food each ...

The broken-wing display ... likely to feed its own chicks. Research on avian deception highlights the importance and diversity of these behaviors as survival tools, Francis says. Consider a familiar ...