In a nutshell Scientists temporarily reversed feather evolution in chickens by blocking a key developmental pathway, causing ...

The sun is shining, the temperature is rising and birds are singing. It's spring. Of course, we don't have to respond to all ...

Birds are often associated with flight, but not all of them take to the skies. Around 60 species — fewer than 1% of all bird ...

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been ...

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...

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 ...

The Wildlife Center of Virginia is warning people who like to feed birds to be on the lookout. An eye disease that can prove fatal is now spreading through avian populations. Mycoplasma ...

This suggests that human ancestors were more intelligent than previously believed. The ancient tools were discovered at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and are a million years older than any other ...

Birds have remarkable ways of finding feeders that combine keen senses with social learning and memory. That first chickadee discovering your brand-new feeder isn't just random luck—it's the result of ...

The oldest human-crafted bone tools on record are 1.5 million years old, a finding that suggests our ancestors were much smarter than previously thought, a new study reports.