Scientists already knew that birds evolved from dinosaurs. But thanks to a Yale-led study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, they know what the first bird beak looked like during that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's interpretation of the newfound giant petrel ripping into a dead seal about 3 million years ago in what is now New ...

(CNN) — Dark-eyed junco songbirds have been serenading the University of California, Los Angeles campus for decades as they forage for food. The species from the sparrow family is not usually found in ...

Terror birds were large flightless predators that dominated parts of South America after the extinction of the dinosaurs. Fossil evidence shows they relied on powerful legs for speed and a massive ...

Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size—from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of an eagle. We have found, however, that this incredible diversity is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier this week we shared footage of an enormous, prehistoric-looking bird that had landed on a tour boat in Uganda. The ...