An 80-million-year-old fossil bird has been discovered with a skull so exquisitely preserved that scientists have been able to study the detailed structure of its brain. The fossil, which bears a ...

The sequencing of the platypus genome has received a high amount of ... mammals have gained and lost over the course of evolution. In order to better understand the impact of the platypus study ...

Despite the increasingly clear picture of the evolution of birds from theropod dinosaurs that has emerged, a few scientists are still unconvinced. No alternative hypothesis has been offered to ...

The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore. Researchers have known relatively little, however, about how the bird's brain took shape over tens of millions of years. "Birds are one of ...

The information will help scientists understand the evolution of strange and ... The project aims eventually to include a genome from every living species of bird. The Smithsonian Institution ...

One-Of-A-Kind' Skull Fossil From Brazil Reveals Bird Brain Evolution By Will Dunham (Reuters) - The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity ...

This section, just 2% of the bird genome, convinced scientists that most ... "My lab has been chipping away at this problem of bird evolution for longer than I want to think about," said Edward ...

The evolution of chromatin folding patterns alters genome function and developmental ... including mice and birds. Add turtles to the list, thanks to a research team Valenzuela helped lead.