An artistic depiction of the Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean ...

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

More Americans may have had bird flu without suffering any symptoms, a new study finds. That could allow the virus to mutate into something more dangerous.

What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.

More Americans could be unknowingly carrying bird flu, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Two fossils suggest that birds were thriving and diversifying in China as the Jurassic Period closed, new research reveals.

Zoologist Andrew Rapp spent four hours hunched over looking through brush and scouring the short grass on the side of the ...

A new study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that bird flu has silently spread from ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

This innocent-looking furry creature carries a toxin secreted from the brachial glands on its elbows. When threatened, the ...