A paper published last year in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface described a feather as a masterpiece of engineering ...

Birds regularly shed and regrow their body and wing feathers in a process, called molting, that is critical for flight, migration, insulation, breeding and survival. A new study by University of Utah ...

One of the remarkable abilities that birds possess is their ability to regenerate the feathers that they shed. Unlike human ...

DULUTH — “It’s a magical world back here,” Margie Menzies said on a chilly morning in early September. Like most days, Menzies, the education director for the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, has been ...