Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over ...
The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...
A research team used state-of-the-art micro-CT scanning technology to reconstruct the bird’s skull and brain in remarkable ...
A unique fossil discovery in Brazil provides new insights into bird brain evolution, while a study highlights drastic ...
However, the brain anatomy of Navaornis poses a new question: how did opposite birds control their flight without the full suite of brain features observed in living birds, including an expanded ...
An 80-million-year-old fossil bird has been discovered with a skull so exquisitely preserved that scientists have been able to study the detailed structure of its brain. The fossil, which bears a ...
"For instance, the portion of the brain that in modern birds is responsible for helping coordinate flight called the cerebellum is not very well developed in this new fossil," says Field.