Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Frigatebirds can remain airborne for days at a time without ...

THE CANDELA C-8 looks like a minimalist speedboat as it bobs in the water on a snowy morning in Stockholm. Powered by electricity, rather than a noisy outboard motor, it is eerily quiet as it pulls ...

A future with flying cars no longer lives just in concept videos. It now lives in Palo Alto, and if you have about $200,000 plus patience, you can reserve one today. The company behind that future ...

At the dawn of modern aviation, we step onto a flying ship so enormous it looked like a cruise liner bolted to wings. In this episode, we trace how Claudius Dornier’s Do X fused luxury travel with ...

The Russian Navy operates just a handful of multirole jet-powered amphibious flying boats. One was intercepted by the Italian Air Force F-2000s over the Baltic Sea. On Jan. 16, 2026, at 11.30LT, two ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Jan. 16 it is issuing a series of warnings to airlines to exercise caution when flying over Central America and parts of South America, citing the ...

Florida may soon offer commercial air taxi services to help passengers avoid congested roads. These air taxis are electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL), not personal flying cars.

Many of us are still grappling with the idea of self-driving cars, and even those are still hit or miss. Witness, for example, recent reports of Waymo vehicles in San Francisco driving erratically and ...

But then, just eight years later, the groundbreaking airline Pan American changed everything. Flying to Hawaii was no longer a fantasy, as long as you had the time, money and chutzpah to do so.

Alef Aeronautics is turning sci-fi into reality by beginning production on the world's first ever flying car, the Alef Model A Ultralight, which will likely be available to customers by early 2026.

MIAMI—Real-estate tycoon Stephen Ross thinks he’s found a way to cut down on the traffic-choked commute between Miami and his property empire in West Palm Beach: He is bringing in a flying taxi ...