"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

Analysis of bones from now-extinct elephant birds could shed new light on the fate of the giant fowls. A team of scientists led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) studied skeletons of the huge ...

A new discovery has filled the void of the fossil record showing how birds evolved. The dinosaur called Fujianvenator prodigious, which means “bizarre hunter from Fujian,” was found in the Fujian ...

The long-term impacts of this discovery are still being studied. Scientists sound alarm over troubling discovery in nests of ...

Scientists once believed birds relied only on flight, talons and socialization for survival. But this one proves otherwise: ...

The two types of brown birds look like birds of a feather. But their genomes tell a different story. DNA testing has revealed that the two types of birds— previously thought to be subspecies— are in ...

Three state agencies remain on alert after a third presumptive case of avian influenza — or bird flu — was found in a wild ...