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A tiny, overlooked wrist bone called the pisiform may have played a pivotal role in bird flight and it turns out it evolved far earlier than scientists thought. Fossils from bird-like dinosaurs in ...

Until around 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to Genyornis newtoni, a fearsomely huge bird weighing roughly 230kg – almost six times as much as an emu – and standing 2 metres tall. This giant, ...

A plump guinea fowl walks across a bird-sized treadmill. X-rays record the precise movement of the bird's bones, tracking its hips as they interact with its legs. A computerized model of the bones is ...

Even though most extended-family Thanksgiving get-togethers will be curtailed this year, any interesting holiday-related facts that you can share via Zoom will soften the disappointment. Of course, ...

Birds with broken wings can fly again after their fractured bones are held in place using lightweight pins whittled down from dog or sheep bone. Both wild and pet birds can fracture the delicate bones ...

The identification of part of the fossilized remains of a so-called "terror bird" species in South America has given researchers new insight into the apex predators ...