New study shows how bird traits like gene makeup and clutch size shape evolution. This may help scientists understand ...

Evolution is nature's engine, driving and shaping genetic change and the diversity around us. Charles Darwin famously ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple ... led to feather diversification throughout evolution. Feathers, essential for ...

More: A dinosaur museum in an unlikely place Edward Braun, a professor of biology at the University of Florida who has studied the evolution of birds, said the study's findings suggest that there ...

Cranial kinesis allows modern birds to eat a wider variety of foods and use their beaks as multifunctional tools.

Bird song evolution could also be a response to natural selection, such as the rise in frequency of their song as a means to overcome traffic noise. Experts reported on the diversification of ...

Scientists have found a Jurassic-age fossil in China that changes our understanding of bird evolution. The fossil, named Baminornis zhenghensis, suggests that birds developed sophisticated flight ...

Yet birds differ from their reptile ancestors in many important ways. A turning point in their evolution was the development of larger brains, which in turn led to changes in the size and shape of ...