Flapping-wing robots that mimic the flight mechanics of birds and insects are closing the control gap with conventional quadrotor drones, according to a cluster of recent peer-reviewed studies.

Russia is no longer content with drones that buzz like insects or glide like aircraft. Its latest experiment reaches inside the brains of living birds, wiring pigeons with neural implants so human ...

A robotic bird tested in a wind tunnel may hold the blueprint for drones that can finally handle a windy day. Researchers from RMIT University (in Melbourne, Australia) and the University of Bristol ...

Mosquito “birth control” delivery efforts mark a major technological advance for conserving critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreepers. 'Ākohekohe (Palmeria dolei), or crested honeycreeper, is ...

Drones and artificial intelligence could provide valuable information to guide efforts to slow the alarming extinction rate of birds across the globe, research from The University of Queensland has ...

A new type of drone, inspired by the aerial precision of birds of prey, could one day navigate through dense city skyscrapers to deliver our packages or inspect hard-to-reach offshore wind farms, ...

A bird’s nest incorporating fiber optic cable is a striking sign of how much debris from fiber-guided FPVs now litters the landscape of Ukraine. Other images show fields glittering with fibers like ...