Ornithologist Carla Dove explains how the microscopic structure of a bird's feather can help identify the species and at the same time, make air travel safer for humans Can We Predict the Universe ...

The upperside feathers often feature wing bars that make birds easier to identify. And a small, separate group of feathers on the leading edge of the wing, the alula, is similar to a human’s thumb.

These birds measure 5 3/4 inches long with ... develop the normal red coloring the next time it molts new feathers.” Learn ...

I have specific identification apps on my phone for identifying birds and plants based on images. However, they’re often slow to trigger and cumbersome, demanding too many seconds to activate or ...

They say birds of a feather flock together, but here in Northwest Ohio, bird watchers of all different feathers are flocking ...

But there's more to bird flight than strong wings and hollow bones. One secret lies in their covert feathers—layers of small feathers that cover the wing’s base and shift during tricky ...

Bob DeGross / NPS Carla Dove, head of the National Museum of Natural History’s Feather Identification Lab, is working on a mystery. Surrounded by racks of embalmed birds in jars, she digs ...

Birds have feathers and a beak and lay hard-shelled eggs. Many birds are able to fly using their wings, but others such as ostriches are flightless and unable to fly. Some birds like penguins ...

In addition to a series of discussions, the scholars visited the Yale Peabody Museum to study examples of featherwork with Yale ornithologist Richard Prum, who shared his research on the aesthetic ...