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

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

Teton Raptor Center is hosting its popular “Behind the Scenes” programming, offering the public an exclusive close-up ...