Blue Ghost will spend the next 16 days in lunar orbit, if all goes to plan. It will conduct additional engine burns to circularize its path around Earth's nearest neighbor, then attempt a landing in ...

Study finds that birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent, suggesting that this "hidden" phenomenon provides enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship.

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

Flightless species of birds (such as ostriches, which are the largest living birds) tend to outsize any of the largest birds ...

Off in the distances I can hear the familiar scream-like call of a blue jay. The sound pierces through the yellow and orange autumn maple leaves on a crisp blue sky day. I sit enjoying the sunshine, ...

The eagles find themselves in an environmental updraft of sorts since the early 2000’s, when the federal government took the ...

And in 2023, a string of near-collisions at U.S. airports spurred the creation of a new independent safety review team.Understandably, anxiety around flying has spiked. So, should passengers be ...

Understandably, anxiety around flying has spiked. So should passengers be concerned? “I don’t know that passengers should be worried, but I think it’s important for the flying public to be ...

Officials in the US have sought to reassure citizens that flying is safe ... Air crashed in South Korea after what appeared to be a bird strike. Here, The Independent takes a look at just how ...

He said the birds could only feed at low tide so their time was limited. "If their time is spent flying around because people are disturbing them then they're not feeding and are burning up energy ...

Restrictions have been placed on the whole of England and Scotland to try to slow the spread of bird flu. All bird keepers, from people with pet birds to farmers with huge flocks, are now required ...