A fossilized dinosaur egg has unearthed secrets hidden for millions of years. Inside, a perfectly preserved embryo shows a ...

Analysis of 50-Million-Year-Old Antarctic Fossils That Contained Vocal Organ Reveal Ancient Birds Honked Not Sang We are ...

Birds of prey in medieval Britain relied far more heavily on scavenging human waste than previously thought, according to research that analyzed more than 30 ancient bird skeletons. Ancient red ...

The oldest bird-like fossils are more than 150 million years old. These ancient bird-like creatures looked quite a lot like small, feathered dinosaurs and they had much in common. Their mouths still ...

In 2024, news broke about the successful reintroduction of the takahē, a beautiful prehistoric bird, back into the wild.

The tiny fossil of a prehistoric baby bird is helping scientists understand how early avians came into the world in the Age of Dinosaurs. The fossil, which dates back to the Mesozoic Era (250-65 ...

Image (from CT scan) by Salima Ikram and others, South African Mummy Project Team Peering inside the linen wrappings of an ancient Egyptian bird mummy, a CT scan has revealed a true rara avis—a ...

Researchers from the UK and China have found that living birds have a more crouched leg posture than their ancestors, who are generally thought to have moved with straighter limbs similar to those of ...

"Previously, remains of such birds were found only in America," he said. "We’d like to compare our discovery with those from there." An ancient seabird, Ichthyornis, was discovered in this ...

In today’s health headlines, what we learn about lead poisoning from ancient Rome. Also, putting the first bird flu death ...

Birds of prey in medieval Britain relied far more heavily on scavenging human waste than previously thought, according to research that analyzed more than 30 ancient bird skeletons.