Bird skulls evolved much more slowly and are far less diverse than those of dinosaurs, a new study suggests. The birds’ skulls may be more limited in their ability to adapt and specialise than their ...

Bird skulls and brains look like those of young dinosaurs, providing clues to their unique evolution and modern success. A new study, published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, reveals that bird ...

Archosaur skull changes (juveniles on the left, adults on the right). While there was a significant amount of change between the juvenile and adult skulls of alligators (top) and the non-avian ...

Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ostriches that walk upright on two hind legs, or predators like eagles and hawks ...

Video: Daniel J. Field, Michael Hanson, David Burnham, Laura E. Wilson, Kristopher Super, Dana Ehret, Jun A. Ebersole & Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar (2018) “Complete Ichthyornis skull illuminates mosaic ...

Jeholornis was a raven-sized bird that lived 120 million years ago, among the earliest examples of dinosaurs evolving into birds, in what’s now China. The fossils that have been found are finely ...