Over time, some of those dinosaurs sprouted feathers and took to the skies—and while their reptilian cousins died off, those ...

A tiny piece of DNA is rewriting the story of bird evolution, revealing errors in how scientists previously understood avian family trees. New research shows that a particular genetic event misled ...

Fungus-farming ants, fossilized footprints and a prehistoric critter named after a Muppet are just a few of the year’s most ...

Modern birds, the distant relatives of those ancient giants, carry within their DNA the story of that cataclysmic event. Scientists have uncovered these genetic imprints, offering new insights into ...

The bird flu outbreak has taken concerning turns, with more than 60 human cases confirmed. Experts outlined four signs that ...

Now the next step: evolution. The Grants found that the offspring of the birds that survived the 1977 drought tended to be larger, with bigger beaks. So the adaptation to a changed environment led ...

Such treasures were presented to the world in 2024 that have changed the way we see life on Earth, both in the evolution of ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the same influenza virus -- in dairy cattle have ...

Introduction: Under the impacts of high intensity human activities, mangrove natural protected areas are pivotal strategies for biodiversity conservation and play a significant role in preserving bird ...

Birds evolved from small feathered dinosaurs during the Jurassic Period. The Navaornis discovery filled in a gap of 70 million years in the understanding of the evolution of avian neuroanatomy, dating ...