New research reveals how the surprising internal anatomy of the helmeted hornbill’s casque allows it to withstand damage during aerial jousting battles with rivals. Researchers hope that ...

A fossilized skull of a bird that lived 80 million years ago places the species, called Navaornis, between the earliest known bird, Archaeopteryx, and modern (crown) birds.

Bird-bone structures emerge from an evolution-like algorithm. Engineers have used a supercomputing technique that mimics natural selection to design the internal structure of an aircraft wing from ...