For years, scientists have tried to crack a mathematical mystery: Is there an equation that can perfectly describe each and every bird egg? Variable shell shapes complicated things. But it turns out ...

There’s something about the immense beauty and mystery of nature that just can’t help but make you think: math. Take, for example, a new study in which an international team of researchers have ...

When I read in The New York Times today that pigeons can do math, I practically got up and did a jig. I've always said math is for the birds, but who knew that it would be math's academic twin, ...

Across the globe, hundreds of species of birds can be seen flying in V formations. We have long suspected that these formations might help birds fly with less effort, but the precise mechanics of this ...