Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An invention born from a contest at England's University of Surrey might be swimming us closer to cleaner oceans. Researchers have ...

Loons, gulls, puffins, and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can plunge in water to swim after prey, and leap back into the air to fly away.

A lightweight robot modeled on diving birds can swim underwater, break through the surface, and continue flying without using feet or propellers. The feat exposes a difficult mechanical compromise ...

Robotic fish with flapping fins and tails have been programmed to swim in a school by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle. They say that artificial fish with group behaviour could ...

Watching a diving bird vanish beneath the water can feel almost unreal. One moment it cruises through the sky. Seconds later, it swims after prey before returning to the air. Around 100 bird species ...

Loons, gulls, puffins, and petrels are strange little acrobats. These birds plunge into water chasing fish, then burst back into the air and cruise at highway speeds. About 100 species of birds pull ...

Researchers have developed a new kind of robot that flies through the air, swims through the water, and transitions between the two realms. Researchers have developed a new kind of robot. It can't ...

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...

Loons, gulls, puffins, and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can plunge in water to swim after prey, and then leap back into the air to fly ...