Surprisingly, all flying birds, ranging from hummingbirds to eagles ... "We argue it is impossible to assess flight potential in non-avian pennaraptorans without examining the structure of the ...

In a recent paper published in the journal Genome Research, experts described the chromatin arrangement in the genomes of two ...

Scientists uncovered the ancient brain structure of an 80-million-year-old fossil bird named Navaornis hestiae, providing ...

They also estimated the bird’s weight to be 156 kilograms, about that of a giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), which would ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

A bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals the roots of avian intelligence, according to a new study. The “one of a kind” ...

A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.

Interestingly, this fossil fills a 70-million-year-long gap in our knowledge between the early bird-like dinosaurs ...

The fossil bird, which has been named Navaornis hestiae, lived approximately 80 million years ago in what is now Brazil, ...

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Navaornis is likened to a sort of Rosetta Stone for decyphering the evolution of bird brains.

Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, ...