Experts spend years trying to build robotic systems that can both fly and dive.

A bird-inspired glider wing at the University of Surrey. Credit: University of Surrey A new type of drone, inspired by the aerial precision of birds of prey, could one day navigate through dense city ...

Engineers have developed a new aerial-aquatic robot that can swim underwater, then rise to the surface and take flight.

Researchers at MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering have now developed a bio-inspired robotic bird capable of flying ...

Next time you look up at the sky at a flock of birds, pay close attention. They might not be what you think they are. Scientists at New Mexico Tech are using birds preserved by taxidermy and turning ...

Despite the fact that they bang their heads against trees on a daily basis, woodpeckers don't suffer brain injuries. Inspired by the tough-headed birds, scientists have developed a fixed-wing drone ...

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 ...

The shadow fleet refers to ageing tankers that often operate under opaque ownership and changing flags to transport Russian oil while bypassing Western sanctions. Earlier in month, Kyiv struck eight ...

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, ...