KYOTO--Black kites, a bird of prey, have apparently found an easier target for food in central Kyoto: people eating outdoors. The kites are not only swooping down and snatching food from people’s ...

JINAN, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A golden dragon twists through the blue sky, a rainbow phoenix spreads its vibrant wings, and a string of tiny swallow kites flutter in the breeze. On the vast lawn of a ki ...

Reporting from Bureij Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip — No one guessed that kites would be the weapon to flummox the mighty Israeli army. Yet kites and balloons, those summery playthings, have confounded a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Tie one end of a string to a piece of fabric and you have a kite; but tie the other end to a ...

Ted Shaw did not get into kite flying until his mid-50s, when he was going through a depressive state. What helped him get out of it was looking through a catalog of kites. Now 78 years old and a ...

It’s shocking how many different ways you can make a kite, and how many different materials you can use to build it. It is also shocking how destructive a strong wind can be to any form or material.

As a the SkySails cargo ship finishes its maiden voyage, Nature News looks at the logic behind towing a ship with a kite. You have full access to this article via your institution. No, it?s a giant ...

A research team in Germany has recently developed a revolutionary tidal power plant that’s fueled by small kites attached to a circulating cable, driven by water currents. For the project, called ...

Indonesian kite flyer Kadek Armika with one of his kites in Dieppe, 17 September. People from more than 30 countries are taking part in the 2025 edition of the Dieppe International Kite Festival, ...

Sometimes, I like a weird idea or two, especially if it involves two things that don’t fit together, like balloons and the internet or cargo ships and kites…. But now there’s something almost as weird ...

KIBBUTZ NIR AM, Israel — Ofer Liberman zips out the kibbutz gate in his well-used jeep, frantically calling out to people as he drives. There’s a fire beyond the residential area, in the fields, he ...