Archaeopteryx Took Off with Series of Hops, Not One Big Leap: Study
Archaeopteryx — the first ever bird to inhabit the Earth — may have hopped its way into the…
Ornithologists Discover New Bird Species in Brazil
A previously unrecognized species of the antthrush genus Chamaeza has been discovered in the isolated highland rainforests of…
Dodo Had Surprisingly Keen Sense of Smell and Owl-Like Vision, New Study Reveals
New research led by University of Lethbridge scientists offers the most detailed look yet at how the dodo…
New Jurassic Fossil Reveals How Birds Lost Their Dinosaur Tails
Paleontologists in China have described a small, previously unknown Jurassic bird whose short tail offers new evidence for…
H5N1 bird flu confirmed in New South Wales, home to Sydney
SYDNEY (Reuters) — New South Wales became Australia’s third state to confirm a case of H5N1 bird flu…
New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock-Like Tail
A new genus and species of four-winged pennaraptoran dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of northern China is adding…
Pigeons May Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field Using Superparamagnetic Immune Cells in Their Livers
An international research team led by scientists from the University of Bonn, the University Hospital Bonn and the…
Cretaceous Bird from China Had Pair of Tail Feathers Twice as Long as Its Body
Named Plumadraco bankoorum, the newly-described species of enantiornithine bird lived in what is now northeastern China during the…
Paleontologists Reconstruct Ecology of Archaeopteryx
A comprehensive new review by Field Museum of Natural History paleontologists draws together the latest fossil evidence —…
Urban Birds Seem to Fear Women More Than Men: Study
Experiments involving dozens of European bird species — such as great tits, house sparrows and blackbirds — suggest…
New Species of Steamer Duck Discovered in Chile
In the cold, wave-battered channels off southern Chile, scientists have identified what they say is a new species…
Oviraptors May Have Needed the Sun to Hatch Their Eggs
New experiments indicate bird-like oviraptorid dinosaurs could not fully warm their eggs with body heat alone, instead combining…