Many kinds of bird regularly forage for prey underwater. These birds have a variety of ways of doing so and adaptations to match. Life in the water is very different from life in the air. The first ...

Smashing through the water at 60 miles per hour, this shot of a gannet in the Shetland Islands in Scotland has scooped a British photographer the grand prize in an international photo competition.

Birds that dive underwater — such as penguins, loons and grebes — may be more likely to go extinct than their nondiving kin, a new study finds. Many water birds have evolved highly specialized bodies ...

1. For birds, mammals and turtles, costs of swimming by foot propulsion are usually much higher than for propulsion by wings or foreflippers. The propulsive efficiency with which limbs impart thrust ...

We explore a variety of answers to the question "What is that?" on this episode. We discover how the sport of rugby can be played underwater, why the Lake Ella cottages were built, and what happens ...

Kingfishers are prolific anglers. These birds have to be because they eat their body weight in fish every day. Watch as they dive into water at breakneck speeds in search of their next meal. These ...