One of the bored bird bones found in Northern Israel. Photo: Laurent David 12,000-year-old bird bones found in the far north of Israel may have been used as instruments by prehistoric humans to lure ...

Most of our knowledge of New Zealand's prehistoric bird diversity comes from long-lost species with bones large enough to be ...

A fresco from Herculaneum shows prayers to Isis in a temple of the cult, while a priest dressed as the Egyptian god Bes performs a ritual dance. What seem to be two ibises — sacred Egyptian birds — ...

Despite the common belief that reptiles such as crocodiles and alligators are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, ...

Scientists uncovered the ancient brain structure of an 80-million-year-old fossil bird named Navaornis hestiae, providing unprecedented insights into the evolution of avian intelligence. The fossil, ...

Believed to have existed since ancient times, the prehistoric Takahe birds of New Zealand have become a success story for conservation. The birds, which were declared extinct in 1898, have now begun ...

Prehistoric dinosaur birds preferred to snack on insects instead of fish, a new study has revealed. It had been believed that the 120 million-year-old Longipterygidae family's long beaks with sharp ...

Every bird you’ve ever seen— every robin, every pigeon, every penguin at the zoo— is a living dinosaur. Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the asteroid-induced mass extinction 66 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — KHON2’s weekly “Aloha Authentic” segment highlights various roadways across the pae ʻāina so the meaning of their names can be uncovered. It is time to bring attention to the role ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — If you head over to Chickamunga Lake in Chattanooga, you'll find a group of birdwatchers waiting for a "once in a lifetime shot," birdwatcher Robert McCoy said. "I started birding ...