When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers, scientists discover

More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ...
Science Daily

The hidden rule for flight feathers -- and how it could reveal which dinosaurs could fly

Scientists examined hundreds of birds in museum collections and discovered a suite of feather characteristics that all flying birds have in common. These 'rules' provide clues as to how the dinosaur ...
Courthouse News Service

Researchers Determine How Birds of a Feather Fly Together

(CN) – Birds of a feather flock together, but research published Tuesday in the American Physics Institute journal Chaos looks for the leaders that determine where the seemingly headless group moves. ...
KSBW The Central Coast

2 red-tailed hawks fly again after receiving donor feathers

Two red-tailed hawks rescued by the SPCA of Monterey County were given new feathers and released back into the wild.According to the SPCA, the first hawk was found on Dec. 24 unable to fly in Tres ...