BOULDER, Colo. — Paleontologists recently discovered a rare mammal fossil in western Colorado. It's a genus of mammal that ...

Scientists uncovered the ancient brain structure of an 80-million-year-old fossil bird named Navaornis hestiae, providing ...

The dinosaurs started roaming on Earth after the period of rain called the Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE), said scientists An ...

On Sunday, the National History Museum will open NHM Commons, its newest wing. The community hub features Gnatalie, a 70-foot ...

A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.

A well-preserved skull fossil of a new bird species discovered in Brazil helps scientists understand the evolution of modern ...

A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.

Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over ...

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Navaornis is likened to a sort of Rosetta Stone for decyphering the evolution of bird brains.

Interestingly, this fossil fills a 70-million-year-long gap in our knowledge between the early bird-like dinosaurs ...

The dinosaur-era bird is about the size of a starling ... which is associated with complex flight control. However, science ...