Birds are often associated with flight, but not all of them take to the skies. Around 60 species — fewer than 1% of all bird ...

The powerful flight muscles of the shoulder attach to the keel, a special ... the center of the wide sternum, or breastbone. The tail feathers are used for steering. Birds have a unique digestive ...

A striking mounted specimen of a great white pelican, which has one of the most impressive skeletons of any bird Domestic pigeon skeletons belonging to Charles Darwin’s, donated in 1867. Darwin’s ...