Researchers have found that macaroni penguins possess unusually large wing and hindlimb muscles, boosting swimming efficiency and balance. The study, published in The Anatomical Record, solves a ...

Penguins may look charmingly awkward on land, but new research shows their bodies are finely tuned for powerful, efficient ...

Birds exhibit a wide variety of fascinating nesting and offspring-rearing behaviors throughout their lifecycle. Against the odds, they protect and guide their young from hatching to leaving the nest ...

A team of anatomists from Midwestern University, in collaboration with SeaWorld San Diego and Scarlet Imaging, has published a detailed study of the limb musculature of the macaroni penguin (Eudyptes ...

New Haven, Conn. — The evolutionary path from dinosaurs to birds included the development of a tiny wrist bone that ultimately proved crucial for stabilizing wings in flight. A new study suggests that ...