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

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

Longipteryx is a weird fossil bird with a long beak with super-hard teeth at the tip. Based on its beak, scientists have ...

Octopuses have three hearts, each one crucial to maintaining the robust blood pressure that allows them to be active hunters ...

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

This challenges the long-held belief that this bird species primarily ate fish, as well as more recent theories suggesting it ...

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 ...

Among the numerous amazing abilities of birds, there is one superhuman talent that is clearly their most striking trait: ...

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

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

Tokay geckos are greenish gray lizard with gray and orange-brown spots covering body. They are characterized by a slender ...

Viewers can tune in for the usual 24/7 lectures, as well as the premiere of a "non-opera" featuring various songs about water ...