Humans don't have hollow bones like birds do, so how big would our wings have to be to lift us off the ground?

One of San Francisco’s lesser-known islands has a regional preserve, a lone inhabitant and incredible 360-degree views of the Bay.

They supported adopting a new nomenclature and understanding of birds’ neural anatomy. Graduate student ... up with his beak and secure it with his foot as he does so. “Ravens have the ability ...

Old Gold Mask Inside the Tomb of an Elite Man, Say It Was Painted With Human Blood. An astonishing find: Human blood proteins were found in the paint co ...

“So, for looking at sort of models for non-avian dinosaur anatomy, the way the alligators and crocs are set up, as well as some of what we might think of the more archaic birds (the birds are ...

Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6-foot-tall (1.4 meters) bird called Diatryma roamed a warm, tropical swamp in what is now southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. This giant, flightless bird, known for its ...

A forgotten fossil in a German museum turned out to be a rare Diatryma skull. Scientists corrected a decades-old ...

Scientists Uncover Fossil of a Terror Bird That Could Be the Largest Ever Known, Stood Over 8 Feet Tall Scientists have found what could be the largest "terror bird" ever known, from a fossil in ...

In honor of the Year of the Snake, let’s appreciate the strange anatomy and evolution of these slithery reptiles ...

The Lone Cypress at Pebble Beach on the California coast is one of the world's most photographed trees, and a multi-billion ...

The exhibition-as-memoir of Linda Griggs, a group show as history lesson, Odili Donald Odita’s vibrant abstractions, and more.

Ray Bandar's "Bone Palace" spanned thousands of skulls he stashed in the basement of his Miraloma Park home. The collection ...