The proposal explores the cutting-edge applications of genetic technologies in bird conservation. This Research Topic aims to ...

Most birds lack physical weapons because flight demands light bodies, agility and energy efficiency. Displays and behaviour replace brute force for survival and competition.

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they ...

Lola Tung, Chris Briney and Mikey Madison are taking over Hollywood. Here’s a look at more young stars—on screen and behind ...

Every continent holds the memory of an extinct bird that once ruled its skies or forests. From Antarctica’s prehistoric penguins to North America’s towering teratorns, these species represent ...

Birds possess key neural and behavioral markers suggesting consciousness is more widespread in animals than previously ...

With its eighth funding renewal, the world-renowned Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve is primed for six more years on the ...

When Sydney James Sanford set out to give his hometown an opera house worthy of national acclaim, few knew it would come at ...

A tiny 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon is shaking up scientists’ assumptions about the earliest members of the lizard lineage. Instead of the expected skull hinges and palate teeth typical of ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed flying reptiles called pterosaurs took to the air with birdlike brains.

In new research, an international team of researchers used high-resolution 3D imaging techniques, including microCT scanning, ...

On the northern edge of Ukraine, inside the 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone surrounding the abandoned Chornobyl (commonly ...