Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ...

Scientists discovered two Jurassic bird fossils in China, pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, ...

Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.

The evolution of insect-eating birds may have spurred rapid changes in the flight ability of ancient cicadas, according to ...

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds.

New research from the University of Oxford has provided fresh insights into how bird songs evolve over time, revealing a ...

New research shows how bird songs evolve with population changes. Young birds drive new songs, while older ones preserve ...

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 ...

Science has published two studies, led by an Ikerbasque researcher at the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience and ...

The Galapagos Rail had not been seen on this island since Charles Darwin's visit to the archipelago in 1835, until now.