People say “When pigs fly” to describe the impossible. But even if most mammals are landlubbers, the ability to glide or fly has evolved again and again during mammalian evolution, in species ranging ...

Competitive soaring, at least in European and international contests, is very much a team sport. Two or three pilots ...

Friends and neighbors say Arthur Simoneau represented the best parts of Topanga, a tight-knit bohemian mountain community with a reputation for welcoming the free-spirited. Hang-gliding friends say he ...

Stem mammaliaforms are Mesozoic forerunners to mammals, and they offer critical evidence for the anatomical evolution and ecological diversification during the earliest mammalian history. Two new ...

Etymology. The specific name is in honour of E. F. Allin and J. A. Hopson for their contribution to the study of mammalian middle ear evolution. Lateral to the stapes, the incus body bears a convex ...

A hang-gliding instructor failed to properly attach a harness to the glider. An American tourist in Switzerland was forced to hang on for his life when his instructor didn't properly attach his ...

Milpitas, CA - The fingerprints of the man killed in a hang-gliding crash are being used to confirm his identity, the Santa Clara County coroner said Tuesday. A day after the deadly plummet from ...

Gliding, by almost any definition, is not a popular sport. However, it could serve as good proxy to illustrate a larger point: that China's rise is affecting even the most unsuspecting industries in ...

A grandfather tragically plunged to his death during a hang gliding flight in southern Brazil. Ricardo Stecanella, 52, was taking off from a mountain near a highway known as Serra de Rocinha in Timbé ...