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

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.

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

New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats -- adaptations that helped them evolve into the ...

Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.

Scientists uncovered a key genetic pathway in the origin of feathers, but they found that evolution is stubborn in turning ...

The brains of birds, reptiles, and mammals evolved independently, reveal two recent studies. These findings revolutionize our understanding of brain evolution. The pallium, a crucial brain region for ...

Their aim was to investigate how the movement, age, and turnover of birds within a population influences the diversity and evolution of their songs -- including which songs become locally popular ...