A baby's babbling may sound like nonsense, but it's actually an extended act of trial-and-error learning. As babies produce ...

How do birds of prey fly? They have special adaptations that allow them to take off quickly, fly fast and soar for hours. What would it take for us to fly like that? Science Trek is available to ...

So many things in nature fascinate me, but I believe bird migration is the most intriguing. Most birds that migrate do so because where they do their nesting and breeding is not conducive for them to ...

From mountain ranges to thin air far above the ground, certain birds are built to fly higher than any others. These species push the limits of altitude with specialized lungs, strong wings, and ...

It looks wrong, like a trick of perspective. A small airplane rattles down the runway, but its wings are turned upright, pointing to the sky, as if someone took the idea of flight and rotated it 90 ...

Did you know some birds can actually rest while flying? That’s right: migrant birds in particular can conserve their energy, and even restore it, by sleeping mid-flight. “Many bird species complete ...

WOLF: Yeah, it's beautiful. SUMMERS: Adrian Wolf knows birds. He once studied a threatened species called the streaked horned lark for over 10 years. WOLF: It has a piece in my heart, and it's little ...

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The Indianapolis band’s ramshackle debut is a charming throwback to 1990s jangle pop. Like a Nerds Gummy Cluster, Talulah’s Tape has a sugary crunch that conceals something even sweeter at its core.

When we imagine contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, we tend to picture messages: radio signals, mathematical codes, or perhaps a universal language waiting to be discovered. But what if alien ...