It's difficult to know what birds "think" when they fly, but scientists in Australia and Canada are getting some remarkable ...

The skull is from Vegavis iaai, an extinct duck-like bird that lived during the Late Cretaceous, just before non-avian dinosaurs went extinct. It’s one of very few 3D bird skulls known to ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new ...

This is the 100 million-year-old skull of the tiniest-known dinosaur. "When I first saw this specimen, it really blew my mind. I literally have never seen anything like this.

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

Researchers unearthed the skull of a previously unknown starling-sized bird species named Navaornis hestiae that was so well preserved they were able to digitally reconstruct its brain and inner ...

To see if the projectile pollen blew away the competition, evolutionary ecologist Bruce Anderson and colleagues simulated hummingbird visits by poking a hummingbird skull into flowers.

But after that harsh lesson, it likely won’t bother another secretary bird anytime soon. The post This Powerful Bird Can Crush a Snake’s Skull, No Problem appeared first on A-Z Animals.

By simulating floral visits using a hummingbird skull, the authors demonstrated that explosions of untriggered flowers dislodge almost twice as many pollen grains as already-triggered flowers.

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes ...

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes ...

(CNN) — A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...