When red-tailed hawks lose feathers, they adapt their wing and tail movements to keep performing certain flight maneuvers, a finding that could inspire aircraft design.

Discover why red-tailed hawks and other raptors shake their feathers, a natural grooming behavior that helps maintain plumage ...

Jack, a red-tailed hawk, alights on a perch. Research shows that the birds can compensate for feather loss during molt by changing their wing and tail movements. (Alfonso Martínez-Carmena, UC Davis) ...

The post The Wrist Trick That Keeps Molting Hawks Airborne appeared first on A-Z Animals. Molting—the natural loss and replacement of feathers—is an essential process for birds, but it often leaves ...

Red-tailed Hawks are one of the most common and widespread raptors of North America, but they are also beautiful and fierce birds. Bridgette, one of the Red-tailed Hawk ambassadors at Audubon ...