The bird was roughly the size of a starling and ... moment I first saw it to the moment I finished assembling all the skull bones and the brain, which lets us fully appreciate the anatomy of ...

The bones comprising them were relatively long compared to those of related dinosaurs, and they were partially fused together. In modern birds, these bones are totally fused and, due to their ...

A recent study found a nearly complete skull in Antarctica that may belong ... It could be the oldest known modern bird. Its brain structure and long beak resemble those of today’s waterfowl ...

Unlike with rams and rhinos, the screamer’s horn doesn’t seem to be a weapon, because it is only loosely attached to the skull ... Each bird sports a pair of sharpened bone spurs on its ...