In the investigation of disasters or crimes , a feather can provide important evidence. Enter Roxie Laybourne.

A regional airline flight heading to Detroit had to make an emergency landing in eastern Iowa after a passenger fought with a flight attendant and tried to open an exit door midair. The man is a fo… ...

From her messy office at the Smithsonian, ornithologist Roxie Laybourne changed aviation and crime investigation. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Chris Sweeney about his book, "The Feather Detective." ...

A Delta Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Iowa after a passenger tried to open an emergency exit door mid-air — and got into a fight with a flight attendant.

A Delta Air Lines flight from Omaha heading to Detroit made an unexpected stop after a male passenger from Nebraska attempted to open an exit row door.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced plans to move 2,700 employees from its headquarters in the District of Columbia to space in northern Virginia occupied by National Science ...

When Airplanes Make Emergency Landings on Water How skill and rigorous training helped pilots endure when ditching was the only option.

The crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 on June 24, 1975, exposed the deadly danger of microbursts and led to the creation of the Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System, revolutionizing aviation ...

In 1972, Roxie Laybourne was a 61-year-old ornithologist working in Washington, D.C., when she was asked to testify at a Maine murder trial. Photograph from Smithsonian Institution Archives; video ...

President Donald Trump said Saturday night that U.S. warplanes "obliterated" three Iranian nuclear sites, while warning the Islamic regime to agree to peace or more attacks will follow.

Relatives of the victims of the 1974 Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crash are working to memorialize the tragedy in Charlotte, marking the worst plane crash in the city’s history.