Scientists discovered a moth that appears 3D despite having flat wings. Tiny structures on its wings reflect light that ...

In the dense rainforests of northern Australia and South-East Asia, a master of disguise flutters through the shadows. The ...

Scientists have described a nocturnal moth's unique evolutionary trick in replicating the appearance of 3D leaf, with potential applications for the development of advanced camouflage materials and ...

Researchers from Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia found the forewings of the fruit-sucking moth ...

The American dipper, a drab-looking bird no larger than a robin, is a splashy rarity: a songbird that swims and even walks underwater. This round-bodied gray bird with short wings and a stubby tail is ...

We begin in Idaho, where, against all possible odds, they elected a legislature even more wing-nutty than the previous one was. Now that legislature wants public school kids to learn all about the ...

Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many ...

Wading through a clear knee-deep tidal pool in coastal Florida, I was trying to move slowly, to avoid disturbing a gorgeous American oystercatcher napping on a small sandbar. Oystercatchers are ...

H-5 avian influenza has been detected for the first time in poultry in Sussex County. The Delaware Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that testing of a backyard flock conducted by the U.D. lab in ...

Veritasium visited the MIT Robotics Lab to see how researchers use the same mechanics as an insect for their miniature flying robots.

Few people have seen the spruce grouse, with its have striking plumage: red combs like giant fake eyelashes on top of the ...

Some species of birds like geese save energy by flying in close formation. Airliners could use a similar trick to burn less ...