Have you ever wondered how a flock of birds can fly in a perfect V-shaped formation? Researchers at New York University have ...

How do birds fly in a coordinated and seemingly effortless fashion? Part of the answer lies in precise, and previously unknown, aerodynamic interactions, reports a team of mathematicians. Its ...

Birds with a deep sternal keel fly more slowly, those with long sternums are associated with running birds. Merri also looked at foot-propelled, underwater diving birds. These are species like the ...

And the flying V configuration, the authors find, helps birds to do that. Previously, scientists suspected that birds formed a V in flight because the shape allowed some of them to burn less energy.

It was an interesting study, which confirmed that birds benefit from flying in a V. But it didn’t address why or how they do so. That’s what Steven Portugal wanted to know.

In looking up at the sky during these early weeks of spring, you may very well see a flock of birds moving in unison as they migrate north. But how do these creatures fly in such a coordinated and ...