The skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

A newly discovered fossil provides strong evidence that modern birds lived alongside dinosaurs. The 69-million-year-old skull ...

A team of researchers have shed light on the emergence of modern birds from dinosaurs, providing physical evidence that modern birds and dinosaurs co-existed during the Cretaceous period.

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...

An artistic depiction of the Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean ...

Among the many unique qualities of this long-extinct Antarctic bird, it seems to have been the earliest creature that could sing.

Researchers have discovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China, featuring a short tail structure that ...