Taking someone else’s visual perspective marks an evolutionary shift in the formation of advanced social cognition. It enables using others’ attention...
Trogons (Trogoniformes) are the only group of birds with a heterodactyl foot, in which the second toe is permanently reversed.
Reconstruction of the living...
The dinosaur-bird transition is among the most fascinating events in evolutionary history, but several aspects such as changes in reproductive system,...
Most people are familiar with South and Central America’s iconic poison dart frogs, especially the golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis), that...
A new genus and species of giant accipitrid bird being named Dynatoaetus gaffae has been identified from fossil remains found South Australia.
The Haast’s...
The northern and southern populations of a songbird species called the Godlewski’s bunting (Emberiza godlewskii) should be treated as two independent...
Paleontologists from Curtin University and elsewhere have examined ancient fossil eggshells of Madagascar’s extinct elephant birds and found that genetic...
New research led by Imperial College London suggests that Eurasian woodcocks (Scolopax rusticola) have evolved their bright white feather patches for long-range...
Macronectes tinae lived approximately 3 million years ago (Pliocene period), and belongs to the extant genus Macronectes.
An artistic reconstruction of...
In new research from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, the majority of Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) spontaneously innovated toolset...
Spatula praeclypeata lived in the Northern Black Sea region between 1.9 and 1.5 million years ago.
Spatula praeclypeata is a stem taxon of the living species...
One of the two new species, Kumimanu fordycei, weighed up to 160 kg and may have been the largest penguin ever to have lived, according to Bruce Museum...
About 50 species of birds on Earth today do not belong to the same group as the other 10,000 currently in existence. Known as the paleognaths, this small...
Paleontologists have unearthed the fossilized remains of an extinct gannet species that lived in what is now Portugal during the Miocene epoch, some 15...
Paleontologists have examined five specimens with differently preserved feathers from Sapeornis chaoyangensis, an early bird species that lived during...
Cratonavis zhui, a new species of pygostylian bird from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China, had a unique combination of a dinosaurian skull with...
Bush robins are members of the genus Tarsiger, a group of small, colorful birds with high species richness in the Sino-Himalayan region.
The Qilian bluetail...
Most birds today can lift the upper beak independently of the brain case, enabled by a series of mobile joints and bending zones in the skull. The computed...
