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

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.

The discovery of a 6-inch (15 cm) fossil of a small bird, 150 million years old, reveals unexpected modern anatomical ...

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, ...

Researchers suggest that studying the biological designs of prehistoric creatures could advance materials science.

You might think that if a species died out tens of millions of years ago, its design would be too primitive to have any ...

Oh beautiful for spacious skies and penis bones By Krista Madsen Desperately seeking some comic relief, I thought I’d turn a ...

This is the time of year when many bird lovers are happy to see a frenzy of birds at their feeders and in their yards. These birds are not simply replenishing their energy after rearing their ...

Winter poses several challenges for birds. Scarce food supplies and limited water are just a few obvious challenges for nearly all of them. Extremely cold temperatures, strong winds, driving snow ...

When we think of large birds, we might picture swans, ostriches, or eagles. But which bird is the biggest? Well, it depends ...

Readers criticise Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s policies as opportunistic, hollow, and not in keeping with the Australian ...

By Krista Madsen RECRUDESCENCE When authorities spatulated Trump’s treasonous batter off the Capitol’s nooks and crannies ...