Biofluorescence by itself isn't big news; it shows up in plenty of animals, including humans (our teeth fluoresce under UV ...

For example, modern birds are grouped into the Neornithes clade, because they all emerged from a common Neornithine ancestor that emerged 80 million years ago, before the nonavian dinosaurs went ...

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been ...

2025 — New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the ...

Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple ... of their even earlier presence in the common ancestor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs (the ...