D modeling reveals that as bird brains grew larger, it led to changes in jaw muscles and joint mechanics—enabling the ...

The brown thornbill is a small bird weighing only about seven grams (0.25 oz). It uses deceptive vocal mimicry to defend its offspring against the large predator pied currawongs, which are about ...

Shorouq Al-Ashqar, the lead study author, with the Bastetodon syrtos skull and ... of how bird brains evolved. Paleontologists pieced together a food chain from Paja Formation fossils, showing an ...

The South African Predators Association (Sapa ... bone products, claws, skeletons, skulls and teeth for commercial purposes”, Sapa president Johannes Wessels said in his founding affidavit.

Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old “top apex” predator. “Just as we were about to conclude our work, a team member spotted something remarkable —a set ...

Despite widespread declines in North American grassland bird populations over the last ... Prairie Falcons are considered top predators, and their presence creates ripple effects across wildlife ...

(CNN) — A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, a new ...