A ground dwelling bird like a northern bobwhite gets around mostly by walking, and only occasionally has to make a quick flight to scurry away from danger. Its wings are very short and rounded ...

Even traits as critical as wings, which we've traditionally studied only for flight mechanics, are being shaped by thermoregulation demands. This has important implications for how birds might ...

Princeton University, Engineering School. "Bird wings inspire new approach to flight safety." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 28 October 2024. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 10 ...

Unlike birds, the evolution of bats’ wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as birds. Credit: Jason Koski/Cornell University ...