Bird retinas survive without oxygen by burning sugar scientists solve 300 year mystery that could help treat human strokes.

A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region. Previous research has ...

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 ...

A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region. Subscribe to our ...

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 ...

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

Paleontologists have unearthed a well-preserved skull fossil that could advance our understanding of avian intelligence. This ancient bird lived in what is now Brazil roughly 80 million years ago in ...

Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over millions of years. A... Small fossil has big implications for bird brain ...