Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than previously thought ...

In a significant discovery that reveals New Zealand’s epic biodiversity, researchers identified a 19-million-year-old ...

Two new studies point to one possible factor: the differences between how modern birds and their ancient cousins molt their feathers. Skip to main content. Your source for the latest research news.

They are considered to be prehistoric birds, dating back to at least the Pleistocene Era, according to fossil records. The Pleistocene Era, also known as the Ice Age, occurred from 2.8 million ...

Paleontologists have found the first complete skull of a controversial prehistoric bird. Known as Vegavis iaai, the bird thrived in late-Cretaceous Antarctica, then a tropical paradise. About a ...

A study of a bizarre prehistoric bird's fossilized remains has uncovered fascinating new details regarding its behavior. Living around 120 million years ago, the species, Longipteryx chaoyangensis ...

Here are five of these ancient bird survivors still living today. 3 / 7. Hoatzin. Found in the Amazon rainforest, the hoatzin is often called a “living fossil” due to its unusual features.

Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 million years ago.

Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over millions of years. A new fossil sheds light on that mystery.

For many New Zealanders, the Australian magpie is a familiar, if sometimes vexing, sight. Introduced from Australia in the ...

Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 million years ago.

A “jigsaw” of 2,000 year old fragments have been pieced together by archaeologists to reveal a remarkable Roman wall painting ...