First, we must consider what kind of wings we'll have. The classic angel look portrays a flying human with a huge pair of feathered wings protruding from the back. Anatomically, that would require ...

Police are investigating after a red-tailed hawk was found in Paxton, Massachusetts, with the feathers of its wings and tail ...

But a bird wing is vastly more sophisticated than anything composed of sheet metal and rivets. From a central feather shaft extends a series of slender barbs, each sprouting smaller barbules ...

However, there's a lot that scientists don't know about how the wings and feathers of flightless birds differ from their ...

Researchers attached covert feather-inspired flaps to a 3D-printed model airplane wing and mounted it in a wind tunnel to explore the role of covert feathers in bird flight. By precisely measuring ...

A wildlife rehabilitator caring for the injured raptor said it could take two or more years for the feathers to return and give flight. The post Hawk rescued after being found with wing feathers and ...