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Enormous birds that push the limits of flight

Flight is truly remarkable, no matter which way you look at it. And while it seems easy enough for the tiniest insects to ...
Science Daily

Soaring birds use their lungs to modify mechanics of flight

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 ...
ucdavis.edu

Engineer Studying Bird Flight Awarded Packard Fellowship

Christina Harvey uses wind tunnels at the UC Davis College of Engineering to study bird flight. Harvey is the recipient of a 2023 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering. (UC Davis photo) ...
Publishers Weekly

Birds in Flight: The Art and Science of How Birds Fly

Wildlife biologist Henderson is a renowned wildlife photographer and author (Oology and Ralph's Talking Eggs). His latest is much more than the sum of its beautiful photos, answering in remarkable ...
Science Daily

Flight of birds can help provide predictions on turbulence

A new study has shown how the flight of birds can offer a meteorological insight into fine scale environmental conditions. A new study led by Swansea University has shown how the flight of birds can ...
The New Yorker

The Long Flight to Teach an Endangered Ibis Species to Migrate

The birds left Bavaria on the second Tuesday in August. They took off from an airfield, approximated a few sloppy laps, and then, such are miracles, began to follow a microlight aircraft, as though it ...
ucdavis.edu

Hawk Study Shows Potential Lessons of Bird Flight

Graduate students Huanglun Zhu and Kiran Weston set up a 3D printed model of a hawk wing for testing in the UC Davis wind tunnel. Based on motion capture imaging at Oxford University, the wind tunnel ...