France's military is researching biomimetic drones that mimic bird flight for stealth purposes, a project called BIOFLY. The BIOFLY drone, weighing only 50 grams, utilizes flapping wings and is ...

The flying abilities of one of the world's fastest birds has been used as the inspiration to create a new drone prototype, scientists say. Based on the aerobatic maneuvers of the swift, an ...

At this point, building a flying vehicle isn’t terribly hard. Aviation enthusiasts can buy DIY kits and build themselves a plane that can easily and safely take to the skies. But a flying vehicle that ...

This bird wanted to go higher than he'd ever been before. Or maybe he just wanted to try the inflight snacks. Either way, an avian stowaway was filmed flapping around on a United Airlines plane as it ...

Archaeopteryx was a flapper, not just a glider. The shape of the ancient bird’s wing bones suggests it was capable of short bursts of active, flapping flight, similar to how modern birds like ...

A drone prototype that mimics the aerobatic manoeuvres of one of the world's fastest birds, the swift, is being developed by an international team of engineers in the latest example of biologically ...