Drones

There is new way to advertise in the sky.

Drones armed with sensors helped researchers study a volcanic eruption in Guatemala.

The drones were fried with more than 1 million volts.

The fairy-tale-inspired "Gremlin" program aims to launch and retrieve drones in midair.

Swiss researchers looked at bee and wasp wings to design a drone that's stiff during flight, but flexible when it hits something.

This concept car is straight out of "Transformers."

A fun drone video conceals a darker reality.

The Scorpion-3 is the first manned quadcopter that has undergone testing.

Commercial drones just got a big upgrade.

DARPA's 'Vanilla' drone claimed a record with a 56-hour flight.

Amazon recently patented a large and robust flying drone made up of lots of smaller drones, for carrying heavy packages.

From navigating turbulence, to sleeping midflight, to soaring without a sound, animals' flight adaptations are helping scientists design better flying robots.

A parrot wears tiny, red-tinted goggles and flaps through laser-lit airborne particles to test computer models that explain how animals fly — and shows that there’s room for improvement.

A new automated, flying ambulance completed its first solo flight, offering a potential solution for challenging search and rescue missions.

The fleet set a new Guinness World Record for most the most UAVs airborne simultaneously.