While early birds existed in a time period when dinosaurs dominated, they were feathered, capable of gliding or flying, but looked nothing like the birds we have today. Unlike birds like pigeons, ...

Animals with larger brains produce fewer, larger offspring, explaining why birds evolved bigger eggs than the largest dinosaurs.

About 120 million years ago in what is now northwestern China, many kinds of birds flocked to a lakeside ecosystem. This dense avian population would have offered a smorgasbord for a small and ...

Life reconstruction of the Jurassic bird Zhengheornis buyu from the Zhenghe Fauna in Fujian province. [Photo provided to ...

The organ that makes it possible Parrots are the only birds whose vocal anatomy allows them to approximate human consonants ...

Adding more hummingbirds to your yard might be easier than you think. It all starts with a splash of just the right color.

More than 200 million years ago, life on Earth was experimenting with new forms. The Triassic period gave rise to animals ...

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ...

Birds have impressive balancing skills. Learn how birds stand on one leg and stay upright even while they're sleeping.

When H5N1 bird flu began spreading through U.S. dairy herds in early 2024, it confounded veterinarians almost immediately. The virus was causing severe infections in cows’ udders, not their lungs, and ...

A new study has uncovered a fundamental link between brain size and offspring size, helping to solve a long-standing evolutionary puzzle: Why do birds lay such disproportionately large eggs?

A persistent claim circulated online that woodpeckers avoid concussions from pecking because their long tongues wrap around their skulls, protecting their brains. It's true that some scientists in the ...