Scientists have now determined the clump was actually the fossilized brain tissue of a large leaf-eating dinosaur, possibly from a species similar to the Iguanodon. The specimen is the world's ...

An unassuming brown pebble, found more than a decade ago by a fossil hunter in Sussex, has been confirmed by researchers from The University of Manchester and the University of Cambridge as the first ...

Cranial kinesis allows modern birds to eat a wider variety of foods and use their beaks as multifunctional tools.

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

In the April issue of SciAm, follow a man’s journey to a diagnosis, learn about exciting new schizophrenia treatments, and ...

In December 2022, Vanderbilt University neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel published a paper that caused an uproar in the dinosaur world. After analyzing previous research on fossilized ...

In that context, we really are blessed. New fossils and new techniques (such as CT scans to get inside skulls to dinosaur brain to assess them) are still being discovered. And there are perhaps ...

This allowed the ancient scavenger and predator to easily make a meal of small herbivorous dinosaurs. One less commonly known fact about T. rex is its intelligence. Its brain is more advanced than ...

Animation of a theropod dinosaur skull, showing muscle forces. Credit: Alec Wilken, Casey Holiday When the team analyzed data from the 3D models, they saw that as brain and skull sizes increased ...

Then there’s the ambitions of Dr. Wachenstein (Terry Kiser), who is so proud of his robotic T-Rex that he yearns to give it a human brain so that it can achieve consciousness. These subplots ...

Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.