It is the central feathers in the tail that are very long, which gives the bird an elegant silhouette as it flies. The ...

Everything about the peacock, including its enormous tail, awkward body shape, and hefty size of up to 13 pounds, suggests a ...

This has long been thought to be the key to birds’ stability ... “Now we know the recipe of how to fly without a vertical tail. Vertical tails, even for a passenger aircraft, are just a ...

Say hello to the Shima Enaga, a subspecies of the long-tailed tit found in Japan. With its fluffy white coat and beady black eyes, this tiny bird has taken social media by storm and for good reason.

A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds by flying at least 13,560 ... the only bird to travel extremely long distances. Last year, a rare ...

ROAD TO RECOVERY WILL BE A LONG ONE ... AND TAIL OF THIS RED TAILED HAWK ARE ALL GONE, MEANING IT COULD NOT SURVIVE IN THE WILD. THIS BIRD WOULD BE RENDERED UNABLE TO FLY. IT WOULD JUST BE ...

It had feathers and wings, so it was clearly a bird — but it sported a long tail and sharp claws, which seemed reptilian. A smattering of other feathery Jurassic fossils, including those known ...

Such behavior is widespread in other animals too, particularly birds. In our recent study we explored why long-tailed tits, one of the UK's tiniest bird species, often act as foster parents ...