When an airplane flies, the wings are designed to provide enough lift to overcome the airplane’s weight, so the plane doesn’t ...

Hatzegopteryx was not a typical flying reptile gliding over oceans for fish. It was a massive, heavily built predator that ...

The Namib desert’s sand can be burningly hot but its air, blowing in off the Atlantic Ocean, is cool. Running generates a wind over the body. We concluded that the heat from the sun and from the ...

Nevertheless, in 1948, 76 industrious beavers were subjected to a once-in-a-lifetime “work trip” to Idaho’s remote ...

UC Riverside scientists have created a small-scale system that transforms food waste into high-protein animal feed and fertilizer using black soldier flies, offering a sustainable solution to a major ...

Bay Area company announces the production of its flying car, the world's first, is on schedule. Alef said the car is being hand-assembled at its San Mateo manufacturing facility. The company's first ...

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 ...

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The Quetzalcoatlus northropi was the largest flying animal that ever lived. The huge pterosaur existed during the Late Cretaceous period, around 66 million to 68 million years ago. The mass of Q.

Marking a milestone in personal air mobility, US startup Alef Aeronautics is turning sci-fi into reality by beginning the manufacturing of its electric flying cars in California. In 2022, after a ...