Birds

Discoveries Pterosaurs prove big brains are not needed to fly — in contrast to modern bird ancestors

New scans show pterosaurs flew with small, reptile-like brains, not bird brains, rewriting what science knows about flight.

Green Impact Meet Grue Jay: Rare hybrid offspring of a blue jay and a green jay born of climate change Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries How a Dinosaur’s Twisted Wrist Gave Rise to Modern Birds

Green Impact 500 bird species face extinction within the next 100 years

Innovations Scientists reveal how feathers formed millions of years ago

Good News Scientists Use Bird Feathers to Make Planes Safer

Discoveries Ancient fossil discovery in China rewrites the history of bird evolution

Discoveries 69-million-year-old fossil discovery reveals earliest modern bird

Health Middle school students discover cancer-fighting compound in goose droppings

Green Impact Asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs also triggered mass bird evolution

Discoveries Why are tropical birds more colorful than birds from elsewhere?

Discoveries Flight feather discovery — and what it reveals about flying dinosaurs

Innovations AI-powered smart binoculars can identify any bird or animal instantly

Discoveries Prehistoric bird thought to be extinct returns to the wild

Discoveries Hummingbirds drink alcohol and fairly often, study finds

Discoveries Identifying bird species by sound, an app opens new avenues for citizen science

Discoveries Animals may evolve faster than previously thought