Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...

Have you ever seen a group of birds flying in a neat V shape and wondered why they do it? It may look beautiful and well-planned, but there’s a smart reason behind it. Birds use this formation to save ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Migratory birds are some of nature’s most efficient ...

When it comes to what birds have and what humans don’t, your mind might first land on the ability to fly. However, birds are also pretty good at navigating from the air… assuming, that is, they know ...

Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find out. Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do ...

Every fall, the skies of the northeastern United States fill with warblers, barn swallows and other birds heading south to warmer climates. The journeys are long—often spanning continents—and birds ...

Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found that when birds evolve ...

Why can eagles soar through the skies while emus are bound to the earth? One secret lies in a skeletal structure called the keel, a blade-like ridge on the breastbone that anchors the flight muscles ...