"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

A new discovery has filled the void of the fossil record showing how birds evolved. The dinosaur called Fujianvenator prodigious, which means “bizarre hunter from Fujian,” was found in the Fujian ...

Analysis of bones from now-extinct elephant birds could shed new light on the fate of the giant fowls. A team of scientists led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) studied skeletons of the huge ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (WLS) -- Most Chicagoans think there are only two zoos in the area, Brookfield and Lincoln Park. But there are other smaller wildlife centers, like the Wildlife Discovery Center in ...

A visitor to the Baker University Wetlands spends a quiet moment on a bench near pools east of the Discovery Center. The new concrete trail in the foreground leads to boardwalks connecting to a larger ...

"Four and 20 black birds baked in a pie" -- but wait, one has blue-gray eyes. That discovery, backed by DNA analysis, means scientists now know there is one more species of black shrike in the ...