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

Birds of Prey,” a program offered by the Avian Wildlife Center, will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, at the Mendham Township Library, 2 ...

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

Understanding these genetic interactions is crucial for unraveling how morphological novelties like proto-feathers emerged ...

Modern birds, along with certain snakes and fishes, have skulls whose jaws and palates are not firmly fixed in place.

Cranial kinesis allows modern birds to eat a wider variety of foods and use their beaks as multifunctional tools.

The first discovery of a bat-like winged dinosaur was in 2015, but scientists had dismissed the initial finding because it ...

A joint research team from China and abroad has for the first time found that mammaliaforms from the Jurassic and Cretaceous ...

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.

Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...