Dr. Joe Hanson explains how insects can fly in the rain due to their super hydrophobic wings that are impervious to water.
Imagine the scale of raindrops if you were the size of a small bird. Or mosquito. Flying through a drizzle should be deadly!
On rainy nights, the sky belongs to the raindrops. Birds have settled in, insects hide, and bats—nature’s only furry flying mammals—disappear. Why do bats avoid the rain? Is it because raindrops ...
Birds have settled in, insects hide, and bats—nature’s only furry flying mammals—disappear. Why do bats avoid the rain? Is it because raindrops interfere with their echolocation? Or is there ...
Amazon’s drones met more resistance in College Station, Texas, than in any other city in the US. Now they’re gone—and a sense ...
There are more cases of dead birds along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Wisconsin. It's a shock for avid bird watchers Judy and Jeff Fortier. "It is just sad. I don't know what to do about it, but I'm ...
Anyone looking to explore Hamlin Beach during the spring bird migration season can visit the park between dawn and dusk. The ...
In 1944, a small patrol of US marines hacked through dense jungle towards a waiting enemy.The Americans were investigating a ...
This Anna’s hummingbird shakes off rain as a wet dog does ... To test this, she needs the bird to fly the length of the tunnel, which he is stubbornly refusing to do. Suddenly he lets out ...
Sierra residents welcomed snow and rain which resulted in tens of thousands of customers losing power in the South Lake Tahoe ...
One bird that should be showing up in early March is the killdeer. You are likely to hear it before you see it. We will also ...