Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ostriches that walk upright on two hind legs, or predators like eagles and hawks ...

Archosaur skull changes (juveniles on the left, adults on the right). While there was a significant amount of change between the juvenile and adult skulls of alligators (top) and the non-avian ...

Bird skulls and brains look like those of young dinosaurs, providing clues to their unique evolution and modern success. A new study, published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, reveals that bird ...

Bird skulls evolved much more slowly and are far less diverse than those of dinosaurs, a new study suggests. The birds’ skulls may be more limited in their ability to adapt and specialise than their ...

An artist’s interpretation of Vegavis iaai diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs for company. A new study in Nature describing a ...