“ Longipteryx is one of my favorite fossil birds, because it’s just so weird—it has this long skull, and teeth only at the ...

The beaks of albatrosses and penguins, compared to other, “normal” beaks (examples shown of a petrel and a gull) and a bird with a tactile bill-tip organ (a tinamou, close relative of ostriches and ...

Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks ...

A study of a bizarre prehistoric bird's fossilized remains has uncovered fascinating new details regarding its behavior.

A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird.

Researchers uncovered fossilized seeds in the stomachs of one of the earliest bird species, revealing that these birds ...

In reimagining Longipteryx's lifestyle, we now know that it was a fruit-feasting bird with a beak full of weaponized teeth.

Paleontologists say the birds were eating fruits, despite a long-standing hypothesis that they feasted on fish or insects.

Researchers have discovered fossilized seeds in the stomach of Longipteryx chaoyangensis, an ancient bird previously thought ...

A new study has revealed a network of touch-sensitive pits, known as a bill-tip organ, hidden inside the beaks of albatrosses ...

For paleontologists who study animals that lived long ago, fossilized remains tell only part of the story of an animal's life ...

Further study of their beaks and food-gathering behaviour could help conserve some of these birds, many of which are at threat of extinction. The results are reported in the journal Biology Letters.