Photos shared to social media claim to depict a swarm of starlings flying through the air often, incredibly, in the shape of ...
Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying look almost effortless.
But of course birds in flight leave no trace—at least none visible to the naked eye. Bou, now 38, spent the past five years trying to capture the elusive contours drawn by birds in motion ...
Different ways of flying, such as soaring, gliding, and flapping, have evolved in birds over time. The evolution of these diverse flight styles has changed the range of motion of different species’ ...