Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, ...

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 ...

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

The “one-of-a-kind” fossil of Navaornis hestiae helps fill a giant gap in scientists’ understanding of how bird brains ...

The fossil bird, which has been named Navaornis hestiae, lived approximately 80 million years ago in what is now Brazil, ...

A ‘one of a kind’ fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern ...

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

Birds evolved from small feathered dinosaurs during the Jurassic Period. The Navaornis discovery filled in a gap of 70 ...

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

A unique fossil discovery in Brazil provides new insights into bird brain evolution, while a study highlights drastic ...