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Janet Winter's Articles in Nature

  • Return of the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
    If you've not done so already, it's time to clean out and refill your hummingbird feeders, because the Ruby-throated hummingbird - the king of nature's frequent flyers - is on its way back to the eastern U.S. Reportedly, they are about a week ahead of last year.
  • What We've Learned From Birds About Flight - and Why It Took So Long
    Eons ago, Zork stood outside his cave and watched a vulture spread his wings and soar off a cliff. Zork decided to try this himself. Too late, he realized that his lift to drag ratio was about zero - no lift and lots of drag - and he had the glide ratio of a brick. Zork's decedents gave up on aviation for 50,000 years.



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