As they fly, they spread their tail feathers, and the air passes through them, causing them to flutter. And that flutter, like a violin string, creates sound. Different species of hummingbirds ...

Horse Feathers is a quartet from Portland ... With multi-instrumentalist Sam Cooper (banjo, violin, percussion and vocals), Catherine O'Dell (cello) and Nate Crockett (violin and saw), the ...

Using high-speed cameras, researchers have shown that the male club-winged manakin makes its bizarre "violin hum" by rubbing together specially adapted feathers. The club-winged manakin is one of ...

Each wing created its own violin-like hum as the pick feather rubbed against the adjacent ridged feather during the high-speed flapping of the wings. "We rule out a lot of hypotheses, but when I ...

From the violin to Chinese drums, the turntables to a nose flute, the Lun Bawang tapi, and then the keyboards, she moves without missing a beat or ruffling a single feather on her hornbill ...