Given the success of the first volume of the Research Topic: Microsurgical Anatomy of the Central Nervous System and Skull Base, and the rapidly evolving subject area ... on the microsurgical anatomy ...

This ability is similar to how marine reptiles, like sea turtles, regulate their oxygen levels to stay underwater ... reason why Burmese pythons can appear “alive” and functional long after sustaining ...

Yet birds differ from their reptile ancestors in many important ways ... which in turn led to changes in the size and shape of their skulls. New research from the University of Chicago and ...

New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of ... Yet birds differ from their reptile ancestors in many important ways. A turning point in their evolution was ...

Early birds were also better able to survive the cold conditions after the asteroid strike than many reptiles. This is because like mammals, birds are also warm-blooded, meaning they can regulate ...

This means that studying their fossilized skulls can provide a wealth of information about how these animals perceived their environment through so-called ‘endocasts’ (digital models of the cavities ...

The independent movements and flexibility of various parts of the skull, called cranial kinesis, are an evolutionary innovation that is found in living vertebrates only in some squamates and crown ...