Did you know that there are some birds that can swim and fly? Did you also know that birds are descendants of a group of ...

But have you ever wondered why these birds fly or migrate in a specific V formation? Watching these birds in a perfect V shape is one of nature's most interesting, coordinated and graceful sights.

These lessons were designed to accompany the first two parts of the PBS Life of Birds series. Although this lesson plan was developed primarily for grades 9-12, teachers of elementary or middle ...

Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Many can also run, jump, swim, and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost the ability to fly but retained their wings. Birds are found worldwide and ...

Birds have feathers and a beak and lay hard-shelled eggs. Many birds are able to fly using their wings, but others such as ostriches are flightless and unable to fly. Some birds like penguins ...

But of all the things a bird can do with their gift of flight, is it true that they cannot hit the reverse gear and fly backwards? A lot of birds actually can move backwards, albeit for short ...