Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ...

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

And unlike ground-dwelling dinosaurs, birds could fly to new areas to find food and shelter, giving them a huge survival ...

Modern birds, along with certain snakes and fishes, have skulls whose jaws and palates are not firmly fixed in place.

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