Scientists have discovered a previously unknown fossil goose that challenges a decades-old theory about the evolution of New ...

A 150-million-year-old bird fossil, Zhengheornis, reveals the first step in the evolution of the short tails seen in modern ...

Recent fossil discoveries and DNA analyses are transforming our perspective on the history of life on Earth. These findings ...

Evolution has repeatedly pushed different crustacean lineages toward the same broad, compact, crab-like body shape, a pattern ...

A new study uncovers the earliest evidence of right-handedness in 550-million-year-old Ediacaran fossil Spriggina.

New Zealand’s fossil record has a reputation for producing birds that break the rules other continents follow, and a small, ...

Standing up to 3 metres tall and weighing hundreds of kilograms, Madagascar’s elephant bird was among the largest birds to ...

Explore how ant behavior reveals insights into human parenting and brain evolution, enhancing our understanding of caregiving ...

A newly identified bird from the Late Jurassic is helping fill one of the biggest gaps in bird evolution. Named Zhengheornis ...

For more than 20 years, USF Associate Professor Ryan Carney has pursued paleontology's biggest questions about Archaeopteryx ...

A genetic study shows that major migratory flyways do not guarantee the spread of every species.

(Eric VOLTO/500px/Getty Images) Biologists have long believed that having a large brain, relative to your body, might go hand ...