Life Ancient bird with a movable beak rewrites the story of avian evolution A skull bone from 67 million years ago reveals that ancestors of modern birds had jointed beaks, not immobile ones as ...

In that moment, they realized this 3-inch-long (8.5 centimeters) skull — so small it could fit in the palm of your hand — had "a beak never before seen in the Mesozoic," study co-researcher ...

Lovebirds, a type of parrot, have an incredible ability to use their beaks as a third limb while climbing, hoisting more than 70 per cent of their body weight using the muscles in their necks and ...

Given that the skull of Ichthyornis was a true mosaic of dinosaur and modern bird, scientists conclude that the transition from dinosaurs to modern birds was more complex than previously thought.

A re-analysis of a 66.7 million-year-old fossilised bird skeleton found on the Dutch-Belgian border in the 1990s has “upended” one of the core assumptions about the evolution of modern birds ...

An exuberant dinosaur with a parrot-like beak, bony frills, a huge horn on its nose and a 'star-like' skull has been named in honour of British rock musician David Bowie.

When the first fossil of the blue-jay-sized Longipteryx chaoyangensis was found in 2020, paleontologists thought its elongated skull with an extended, toothed beak suggested it ate fish. But a more ...

Between the bird’s beak and a skull shape that perfectly protects its brain, a woodpecker doesnt have to worry about concussions while boring for food or creating a new home.