By combining data on all known bird species, this tree is the most impressive snapshot yet of one of Earth’s most awe-inspiring classes of animal.

For the first time, scientists have created a comprehensive evolutionary tree of all known bird species, synthesizing data ...

A Chicago fossil of Archaeopteryx uncovers unknown features, supporting theories of bird evolution from dinosaurs and ...

Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly ...

Some research indicates that a new, human-caused mass extinction is already underway, and bird evolution could offer us a roadmap to prepare for the aftermath. “If we want to know how life will ...

Evolution is the way groups of life-forms change over time to better ... these songbirds were just one species. But over time, birds from different islands evolved different beak shapes ...

Birds that live a slower-paced life with big temperature swings across ... and scientists are trying to understand if this race pits evolution against climate change, to what degree, and which ...

Discovery: Powerful 'ghost particle' with clues about the universe Braun, who was not part of the study and focuses his research on bird genome evolution, told USA TODAY discovering when species ...

as well as additional taxonomic information on more than a thousand birds not included in those studies. This data is now part of the Open Tree of Life (OpenTree) project—a collaboration between ...