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.

At first glance, feathers may seem like simple parts of a bird’s body. But if you look closer—under a microscope or through a ...

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

Anna’s hummingbirds have evolved to have longer, larger beaks to access backyard feeders in urban areas. It could be a step ...

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

Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

In a recent SETI Live episode, Senior Planetary Astronomer Dr. Franck Marchis and Dr. Mills discussed how intelligent life actually might be a natural outcome of planetary evolution. The "hard steps" ...

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 ...