New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...

The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...

Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

Bird Mimicry Bird that mimic other birds are the cover artists of the bird world, borrowing sounds and tunes from other birds to use as their own. Some mimicry bird species—mockingbirds, thrashers and ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

Sophisticated birdsong follows strict grammatical rules, much like human sentences. But what happens when birds can't hear ...

In a letter to the prime minister, the officials warned of irreversible biodiversity loss if the 3800-hectare project is ...

Winter poses several challenges for birds. Scarce food supplies and limited water are just a few obvious challenges for nearly all of them. Extremely cold temperatures, strong winds, driving snow ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

SEOUL – Investigators found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air jet that crashed in South Korea in December 2024, killing 179 people, a person familiar with the probe told ...

Just as FireAid hit the five-hour mark, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas turned down the volume for an acoustic set as the night neared its end. Eilish had already made a cameo to set off the ...