A bird migrating with others in a V formation turns out to be a master of the well-timed flap, able to match the up-and-down path traced by the wing tip of the bird in front of it. Fighter pilots know ...

(CN) — Engineers from an international research team have developed a new high-tech drone capable of mimicking the calculated yet erratic flying patterns of the swift, one of the most high-speed and ...

Emily Shepard receives funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program Grant 715874. She has also received funding from The ...

A drone prototype that mimics the aerobatic manoeuvres of one of the world's fastest birds, the swift, is being developed by an international team of engineers in the latest example of biologically ...