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

How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that question.

Migratory birds can navigate using just magnetic inclination and declination. This discovery challenges assumptions about the ...

In a recent paper published in the journal Genome Research, experts described the chromatin arrangement in the genomes of two ...

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

A unique fossil discovery in Brazil sheds light on avian brain evolution with the skull of the bird Navaornis hestiae.

A rare 80-million-year-old fossil bird skull is helping scientists decode how modern bird intelligence evolved.

The marine invertebrates are said to possess the "physical and mental attributes necessary" to evolve into the next ...

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

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

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