The Chicago Archaeopteryx provides rare 3D insights into skull evolution, soft tissue structure, and the first evidence of ...

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 ...

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

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

Published in Nature earlier this year, the study by a joint team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fujian Institute of ...

History never ceases to surprise us with the passage of time and the discoveries that come to light. The latest one has been ...

Christopher de Vinck recalls the time when he saved a bird trapped in his walls. Perseverance is the key to success, ...

Woodpeckers endure incredible head impacts without injury, thanks to a unique adaptation. Their extraordinarily long tongue ...

Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection. Instead ...

BEIJING: A groundbreaking fossil discovery in Zhenghe county, Fujian province, has reshaped our understanding of avian ...

It might be that the rapid evolution seen in living animals doesn ... He and his colleagues have looked at fossils of 28 birds and seven mammal species, measuring the size of adult bones and ...

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds ...