New research reveals that flamingos create water tornadoes to trap prey, using their feet, necks, and beaks in a highly ...

Flamingos standing serenely in a shallow alkaline lake with heads submerged may seem to be placidly feeding, but there's a ...

“Flamingos are super-specialized animals for filter feeding,” Ortega Jiménez said. “It’s not just the head, but the neck, ...

A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array ...

A Chicago fossil of Archaeopteryx uncovers unknown features, supporting theories of bird evolution from dinosaurs and highlighting its unique flight adaptations.

The Chlamydera cerviniventris can be shy and cautious. Sometimes, it travels alone, and other times, it travels in noisy ...

Masters of fluid dynamics, the pink birds use everything from the shape of their feet to the chattering of their bills to vastly increase the number of shrimp they can catch.

When the fossil was unearthed, it was preserved three-dimensionally as opposed to being flat like ... allows the beak to move independently of the braincase, as seen in modern birds.