The old saying goes "Birds of a feather, stick together." They were definitely not talking about birds of the "Eagle" family, because the Philadelphia Eagles just released one of their own. A new ...

Dec. 8, 2003 – University of Utah biologists twirled louse-infested bird feathers on an electric fan and flew pigeons and doves like kites on strings in a study that found small lice stick to small ...

A new composite building board made of chicken feathers could be a major breakthrough for the construction industry in Asia, a Filipino scientist says. The new material would be resistant to the ...

Ever since the first humans saw birds gracefully soaring through the sky above their heads, we have been asking two questions: how do they do that, and how can we learn to do that? Centuries of ...

(CN) – Why do birds of a feather stick together, even when it would be better for both if they set one another free? Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday ...

The University of Akron's polymers program is taking to the skies to advance its materials research. The university's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering is using feathers from peacocks ...