D modeling reveals that as bird brains grew larger, it led to changes in jaw muscles and joint mechanics—enabling the development of a more flexible and efficient feeding system in modern birds.

This gives birds an evolutionary advantage by literally expanding their palates to eat different kinds of foods or use their beaks as a multifunctional tool. "Having a wiggly head like this really ...

The sight of tiny sparrows fluttering between the branches of a hedge is a quintessential part of a walk in the countryside. Just as the repetitive “tap-tap-tap” of the woodpecker, the ...

Are Delaware folks ready to attract cute birds, but don't know how to make DIY hummingbird nectar? Here's an easy tip, plus ...

From the eastern towhee to the red-breasted nuthatch, we identify birds that look like robins to point out the differences ...

Different dodders prefer different host plants. Hosts include alfalfa, asparagus, bindweed, pigweed, lambsquarters, Russian ...

Oviraptorosaurs are weird dinosaurs that look a bit like flightless birds. But these ancient animals aren't just ...

Walz explains the role nests play and the different types of nests that birds in Wisconsin make ... either enlarge [a hole in a tree] with their beaks, or they'll make their own in the case ...

Tim Birkhead on great auks and their extraordinary story of evolution, exploitation and de-extinction across the years ...