MinuteEarth, which has 3.23 million subscribers, explains that all of these feathers are real bird feathers, and there are no fakes. These are inexpensive feathers sold at craft stores, but they are ...

Researchers at Stanford University have built a drone called PigeonBot, with wings coated in real pigeon feathers. And it flies so deftly, New Scientist reports, that it could change the way aircraft ...

The Birds of Vermont Museum wants people to send them bird art for their 2022 "Fine Feathers" art show. The museum is not necessarily looking for art made by birds — although car windshields do serve ...

Researchers at Stanford University have been looking into exactly how birds can maintain controlled flight by changing the shape of their wings. For their study, they invented a robot called PigeonBot ...

Drones can fly like birds, but that’s pretty much where comparisons with our feathered friends end. Well, unless you build an experimental drone like PigeonBot, the unusual biomimetic creation ...

Say the words “feather art,” and people probably won’t know what you’re talking about. Tribal headdresses? Ostrich-plume hats? If you’re drawing a blank, head to the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art ...

Scientists have developed a flying robot using real pigeon feathers which is able to manoeuvre in the air as nimbly as a bird. They believe the robot, dubbed PigeonBot, takes them a step closer to ...

Seriously, just look at that. Imagine how many tiny, tiny cuts those birds took to make. These shadowboxes are the work of Chris Maynard, self-confessed feather-obsessed artist. The shadowboxes often ...

Birds' feathers furnish the iridescent blue color on some antique Chinese jewelry. Gold-colored necklaces, earrings, pins and even hair ornaments were made in China with kingfisher feathers before the ...

Study found disturbing revelations about certain items sold by retailers. As fashion moves further away from ‘exotic’ materials like fur, a new trend among elite designers, retailers and consumers has ...