Long before humans walked the Earth, the skies of South America were ruled by a colossal bird. Argentavis magnificens, one of ...

When you picture a dinosaur, what does it look like? For Jingmai O'Connor, paleobiologist and associate curator of reptiles at the Field Museum of... Birds are dinosaurs. Here's how scientists know ...

If you’ve seen the viral video of the large shoebill bird landing on a boat in Africa’s Mabamba Swamp, you might be asking yourself if such a prehistoric-looking, seemingly giant bird could be real.

In the skull of Archaeopteryx, researchers uncovered new features that may have helped the ancient creature obtain and ...

On May 25, 2024, a photograph went viral on X allegedly showing a giant bird's foot, resembling that of a dinosaur. "A Southern Cassowary claw. Just in case you didn't think that birds are dinosaurs," ...

We’ve known for a long time that birds are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, but new clues are shedding light on a transitional phase in how feathers came to be. Feathers are one of nature’s ...

The red earth of northern New Mexico is a portal into deep-time, containing clues about the dawn of a lineage that brings song, color and windborne motion to our lives today. At Ghost Ranch, ...

In this Brooklyn Bird Watch, we’ll share some fascinating facts and theories about the life of birds millions of years ago, and stay tuned for follow-up pieces about the current realities of our ...

Birds are today’s only living dinosaurs, but how did they survive the asteroid? Birds are the only dinosaurs still alive today, but how did they survive the asteroid? Most birds were wiped out, along ...