Among the cadre of birds that dart along the tree line bordering the Great Western Trail near Lombard is a green-plumed flock that looks completely out of place. That’s because they are. For decades, ...

"Even the wide interval between birds and reptiles has been shown by the naturalist to be partially bridged over in the most unexpected manner, on the one hand, by the ostrich and extinct Archeopteryx ...

Genomic anamolies dating back to the time of the dinosaurs misled scientists about the evolutionary history of birds. An enormous meteor spelled doom for most dinosaurs 65 million years ago. But not ...