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 ...

An artistic depiction of the Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean ...

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

Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.

The brains of birds and mammals have diverged substantially during the course of evolution. A research team at the Center for Molecular Biology of ...

The short-tailed find with the forelimb of a raptor is an extremely rare example of the transition from dinosaurs to birds ...

Researchers have discovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China, featuring a short tail structure that ...