Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape. An 80 ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

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 fills a ~70-million-year gap in our knowledge of the evolution of the unique bird brain. Navaornis hestiae (centre) ...

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 ...