Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.

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

Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of ...

Two studies published in the latest issue of Science, led by Dr. Fernando García-Moreno, Ikerbasque researcher at the ...

A set of fossils discovered in East China's Fujian province has been identified as the only known unambiguous record of ...

Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

Scientists in China discover 150 million-year-old fossilised bird, Baminornis zhenghensis, revealing new insights into bird ...

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

Two fossils suggest that birds were thriving and diversifying in China as the Jurassic Period closed, new research reveals.

If you’re walking around Hoboken this Valentine’s Day, it's likely you’ll run into a pigeon blocking the sidewalk. Before you ...

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