The great potoo, a nocturnal bird native to Central and South America, is known for its exceptional camouflage and eerie ...

Join in the Bird Beak Adaptation Challenge to uncover the unique adaptations that help these magnificent birds thrive in our state. Nikole Blanchard, Adjunct Professor at LSU in the School of ...

New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats -- adaptations that helped them evolve into ...

About 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Cape Town lies the tranquilly-named town of Betty’s Bay in South Africa, home to ...

Forget about a hole in the bottom of the sea, this octopus has found a hole in the beach. All octopuses have gills, so they ...

The Grants found that the offspring of the birds that survived the 1977 drought tended to be larger, with bigger beaks. So the adaptation to a changed environment led to a larger-beaked finch ...

Oviraptorosaurs are weird dinosaurs that look a bit like flightless birds. But these ancient animals aren't just ...

Goetze: During their long, evolutionary history, plants have perfected several strategies to disperse their seeds to new ...

A bizarre two-clawed dinosaur found in Mongolia reveals rare claw preservation and offers new insight into therizinosaur ...