A rare fossil unearthed in Mongolia's Gobi Desert has led to the identification of a new dinosaur species Duonychus ...

Feathers may define birds today, but their story began millions of years ago in creatures that looked very different from ...

And unlike ground-dwelling dinosaurs, birds could fly to new areas to find food and shelter, giving them a huge survival ...

The benefits of ‘wiggly’ skulls Modern birds, as well as other animals like snakes and fishes, have skulls with jaws and ...

Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.

Credit: Alec Wilken, Casey Holiday When the team analyzed data from the 3D models, they saw that as brain and skull sizes increased in non-avian theropod dinosaurs, muscles shifted into different ...