In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

If you’re walking around Hoboken this Valentine’s Day, it's likely you’ll run into a pigeon blocking the sidewalk. Before you ...

It’s been over two years since the rise of generative AI, marked by the release of ChatGPT in November 2022. Yet, the impact ...

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

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

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

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

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 ...

Wang Min, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, speaks ...

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

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

Two fossils suggest that birds were thriving and diversifying in China as the Jurassic Period closed, new research reveals.