An air-filled sac within the birds' lungs is believed to increase the force the birds use to power flight muscles while soaring. Soaring birds -- like osprey, eagles, falcons, even vultures -- can ...

A frigate in flight. Some of the juveniles in the study stayed continuously aloft for more than two months. How do frigate birds—seabirds with a 7-foot wingspan—stay aloft for months at a time? Their ...

La JollaLa Jolla — If you ever dreamed of flying like a bird over the San Diego County coastline, a tandem paragliding pilot at the Torrey Pines Gliderport can take you up for a ride. But there’s only ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

It took mankind untold eons to learn how to fly, but now artificial intelligence is doing something similar and in a fraction of the time. No, there's no robots constructing planes like the Wright ...

Birds have long inspired humans to create their own ways to fly. We know that soaring bird species that migrate long distances use thermal updrafts to stay in the air without using up energy flapping ...

Although winged micro air vehicles (MAVs) are pretty impressive in free flight, one of the skills that has proven difficult for them to master is the bird-like perched landing. Aerospace engineers ...

While it had been assumed that unstable gliding was the key to agility in bird flight, a collaboration between aerospace engineers and biologists has revealed that stability plays a role. While it had ...

Evidence is mounting that modern birds descended from gliding, feathered non-avian dinosaurs. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Two ...