A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.

The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore. Researchers have known relatively little, however, about how the bird's brain took shape over tens of millions of years. "Birds are one of the ...

Navaornis hestiae lived 80 million years ago in Brazil Scientists digitally reconstruct its brain and inner ear Its brain combined archaic, modern and unique traits Nov 13 (Reuters) - The brains of ...

It's difficult to know what birds "think" when they fly, but scientists in Australia and Canada are getting some remarkable new insights by looking inside birds' heads. Evolutionary biologists at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paleontologists have unearthed a well-preserved skull fossil that could advance our understanding of avian intelligence. This ...

(Reuters) - The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But how the avian brain evolved over many millions of years from an ...