Birds and feathers are strictly associated with each other. Feathers allow the winged creatures to fly, stay warm, and put […] ...

Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found that when birds evolve ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found ...

Two studies published in the latest issue of Science have revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor.

which is considered to be the lone sister species to the birds-of-paradise, the most likely scenario is that all of these animals descended from a common ancestor that had evolved biofluorescent ...

At the centre of the island rises the pride of Tenerife, El Teide, the famous dormant volcano, and amazingly, at 3,718m, the highest mountain in the whole of Spain. The slopes around El Teide are ...

In 2023, scientists discovered thousands of unknown life forms in the Pacific Ocean. The discovery highlighted an unsettling fact: 86 per cent of land species and 91 per cent of marine species remain ...

The pallium has traditionally been considered a comparable structure among mammals, birds, and reptiles ... comparable neurons derived from a common ancestor." Using spatial transcriptomics ...