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

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying embryonic ...

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

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

Learn why scientists say it’s a rare case of animals exploiting their glow for visual signaling.

They found that when birds evolve from a flying ancestor to a new flightless form, the birds' bodies, including the ratio of their wings and tails, change before the feathers do. Insights from ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...

Study in Evolution journal compares flightless bird evolution, revealing how feathers and bodies change when birds lose flight ability.

The study relied on electrodes placed in the brains of parrots and songbirds and tracked the behavior of neurons in a region ...

Only small theropod dinosaurs survived the extinction; the ancestors of modern-day birds. Our small mammal ancestors probably ...

Did all dinosaurs inherit feathers from a common ancestor, or did feathers evolve multiple times in the group? Are they exclusive to birds and their closest relatives, or are they more widespread ...

Feathers are important for birds today, enabling flight, warmth, and communication. Now, researchers from the University of Geneva have traced the origin of feathers. Scientists b ...