When vertebrates moved onto land, long ago, some of them eventually became airborne, way after the insects did. There are ...

Wisdom, who is believed to be 74-years old, has been tending to her latest addition which hatched on 30 January 2025.

For example, Habib said that a bird that flaps throughout a journey has shorter, stouter wings. On the other hand, a soaring bird like an albatross has much longer wings relative to its size.

4. The wandering albatross can glide for several hundred miles without a single wing flap - a remarkable feat that no other flying creature is capable of matching. The bird has inspired not only ...