Jurassic bird fossil discovery of a species named Baminornis zhenghensis pushes bird evolution timeline back 20 million years ...

Fossils are providing more and more clues about how dinosaurs attracted one another and reproduced, which contributed to ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future ...

Palaeognaths include emus and ostriches, and can reach 9 feet tall and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are more known for ...

Large birds -- our closest relations to dinosaurs -- are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food.

Large birds—our closest relations to dinosaurs—are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food. This is the first time scientists have been able to show that ...

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, ...

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

In a nutshell Scientists have discovered that birds developed complex brain circuits independently from mammals rather than inheriting them from a common ancestor, challenging long-held beliefs about ...

Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered, ...

Measures to prevent the spread of bird flu have come into force in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The order, which applies to all bird keepers, including those who have pets or commercial ...