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

Airbus has lifted the curtain just a tad and given us a glimpse at the future of commercial aviation. At the Airbus Summit ...

Meet the kakapo—a chunky, moss-green parrot that looks like it waddled out of a fantasy novel and forgot how to fly. This New ...

From frigatebirds and gulls to curlews and cormorants, researchers are tapping the ”Internet of Animals” to map, understand, and protect our changing world.

Explore the fascinating world of dinosaur feathers and their evolution through groundbreaking research on chicken embryos.

Understanding these genetic interactions is crucial for unraveling how morphological novelties like proto-feathers emerged ...

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Birds are often associated with flight, but not all of them take to the skies. Around 60 species — fewer than 1% of all bird ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying embryonic ...

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been widely debated ...

He noticed edible butterflies being ignored by insectivorous birds and dragonflies because their wing coloring mimicked ...

The evolution of insect-eating birds may have spurred rapid changes in the flight ability of ancient cicadas, according to ...