The National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) in China has developed a new mosquito-sized drone designed for covert ...

Pterosaurs were an amazing group of flying reptiles that occupied the skies around the same time that dinosaurs roamed on ...

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest ...

A Miocene fish fossil with soft tissue and intact pigmentation has been discovered in New South Wales, revealing prehistoric ...

The jointed, flexible wing anatomy of pterosaurs also meant that the wings could fold tightly, and unlike the wings of birds, the folded wings of pterosaurs doubled as powerful walking limbs. Because ...

For me, these “flying jewels” are fascinating to watch for their beauty, iridescent feathers, tiny size and impressive speed and endurance.

The pigeon (Columba livia), also called a rock dove, is a stout-bodied bird with a fleshy beak and large wings, with 340 ...

Bird poop: not a topic most people take interest in. However, fascinating discoveries are being made from the feces of one ...

The dissection, however, reveals more than just insect anatomy. The different parts of the bug are superimposed with images of ongoing construction in cities. In the image of a longhorn beetle, ... In ...

However, their flight apparatus was rather different to either. The wings of bats are supported by multiple digits (like our fingers). Birds use feathers as structural units in the wings.