A study of a bizarre prehistoric bird's fossilized remains has uncovered fascinating new details regarding its behavior.

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Some birds may stand on one leg as a tactic to aid in hunting. By reducing the number of feet they have in the water, the birds appear more like a stick than a predator. #6: White Stork ...

The earliest chapters in the history of birds remain murky due to the paucity of fossils. After Archaeopteryx - a crow-sized bird with teeth, a long bony tail and no beak whose fossils were first ...

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Here’s why bird legs are so skinny and how they can support a bird’s weight The songbirds in your backyard hop around on such itty-bitty legs. Skip to main content ...

A CT-scan image of the skull of an ancient bird shows how one of the earliest bird beaks worked as a pincer, in the way beaks of modern birds do, but also had teeth left over from dinosaur ancestors.