Research suggests that free-moving panels on aircraft wings can improve stability, reduce turbulence, and add fuel efficiency.

So even when the bird glides or soars, the wing shape helps keep it up in the air. When a bird isn’t flying, it folds its wings neatly and tucks them against its body, out of the way.

Birds have long been nature’s masters of flight. Their ability to glide, dive, and twist through the air with ease has ...

Photos shared to social media claim to depict a swarm of starlings flying through the air often, incredibly, in the shape of ...

These small feathers on top of birds’ wings lay flat during normal flight but flare up in turbulence during landing. By attaching flexible plastic strips – “covert flaps” – to the top of ...