More than 20 species make a nearly identical noise to warn nearby birds of brood parasites, a behavior that bridges the ...

Birds separated by vast geographic distances and millions of years of evolution share a remarkably similar learned vocal ...

A dinosaur-like fossil discovered in China is providing paleontologists with clues about the evolution of birds. The unusual bird named Fujianvenator prodigiosus was found in China's Fujian province ...

Evolutionary biologists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report they have combined PET scans of modern pigeons along with studies of dinosaur fossils to help answer an enduring question in biology: How did ...

Green jays are vivid corvids mainly found in the tropics and subtropics, with a broad distribution stretching from Honduras ...

Continue the journey through The Epic of Serina as the planet's avian life evolves in astonishing ways. Part II explores the ...

The study of palaeontology has long provided a window into the dynamic evolutionary history of dinosaurs and their avian descendants. Recent research has uncovered intricate details regarding the ...

Navaornis hestiae (center) documents a previously unknown intermediate stage in the evolution of the central nervous system between the earliest birds (like Archaeopteryx on the left) and living birds ...

New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as birds. New Cornell ...

Convergent evolution—where distinct species independently evolve similar traits or functions, such as the wings of birds and ...

Total solar eclipses only happen in the same spot once every 300 or 400 years, so it's no surprise that a team of researchers ...