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

Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery.

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

The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years ...

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

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.

The Edelman Fossil Park and Museum opens March 29 unveiling a century of dinosaur discoveries and a fossil quarry to dig in.