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

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

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

New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats -- adaptations that helped them evolve into the ...

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

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

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

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

Feathers may have started as simple filaments in ancient dinosaurs, but a team of Swiss researchers is digging deep into the ...

Fallyn Connelly reflects on the struggles of leaving her home village of Niugtaq and keeping her community’s traditions and ...

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

Succulent seafood stews, bold flavours and hearty fusions — these Lousianan dishes prove a lesson in the state's history, ...