GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Everywhere we go, we are surrounded by birds. We eat them, keep them as pets, we watch them, and they inspire our technologies ...

It suggests that most dinosaurs, including the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex, couldn’t stick out their tongues the way many modern reptiles and birds do. Researchers compared the mouth anatomy of a ...

For example, she cleverly explains bird anatomy with reference to human anatomy. It is easier to visualize the three major wing sections as evolutionarily equivalent to our upper arm, forearm and ...