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

Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

As it turns out, the tiny hummingbird is quite a busy bird. Hummingbirds are almost always hovering. They even stay flying ...

The brains of birds and mammals have diverged substantially during the course of evolution. A research team at the Center for Molecular Biology of ...

In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

A new CDC report shows an outbreak of bird flu among U.S. dairy and poultry workers, renewing concerns among dogwalkers and hikers in Massachusetts about how safe it is to be outdoors.

The bird has a short tail ending in a pygostyle, an important aerodynamic innovation moving the center of mass forward toward ...

The Nicobar Islands are a biodiversity hotspot, home to unique species found nowhere else. Long isolated, these islands have ...

Victoria's peak farming body says the conventional caged egg system has been in place since the 1960s and shoppers have come ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

A 15-year-old girl has been charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI in connection with a deadly crash last month ...