The white-throated needletail (a type of swift) is the world's fastest bird in level flight, capable of cruising at around ...

The common swift may not have a fancy name, but these small birds are marvels of velocity. Regularly cruising around 110kph ...

The researchers suggest that the difference between the long-haulers and those who landed might be in their feathers; the birds that landed had not molted their wing feathers, whereas those who stayed ...