An organ that allows some birds to detect the movement of hidden prey by plunging their beaks into the ground seems to have been present in early birds 70 million years ago, and probably first ...

Woodcocks are known for their unique and almost comical way of walking, which seems a better fit for a 1970s disco than the woodlands in which they live. The birds in this YouTube video step forward, ...

Kiwis, ibises and sandpipers share this sensory power with birds that lived millions of years ago. By Veronique Greenwood The ibis and the kiwi are dogged diggers, probing in sand and soil for worms ...

A 67-million-year-old bird skull has overturned an established theory about how modern birds evolved. Unlike most modern birds, the flightless group that includes ostriches and emus can’t move their ...

Over the years, scientists have learned about literally thousands of different bird species, and each one sports a distinctive beak shape. But why do bird beaks come in so many different shapes and ...