“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind.

The Wright Brothers studied bird flight before they designed the first airplane. Now modern aircraft fly higher and faster than any bird, yet no manufactured device matches the graceful movements and ...

Modern birds capable of flight all have a specialized wing structure called the propatagium without which they could not fly. The evolutionary origin of this structure has remained a mystery, but new ...

Bird wing shape -- a proxy for long-distance flying ability, or dispersal -- is a trait that influences biodiversity patterns on islands around the world, according to biologists. You can know a lot ...

https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2006)056[0437:wuihaw]2.0.co;2 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1641/0006-3568(2006)056[0437:wuihaw]2.0.co;2 Copy URL AbstractThe ...

It’s not uncommon for various types of birds to suffer from injuries that render them unable to fly. One of the most common is a wing bone fracture, which can cause a bird to experience hardships when ...

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind. A ...