From communication to camouflage, animal coloration plays an important role in numerous behavioral ecological functions. While some animals, like birds ... melanosomes of 6 Mesozoic mammaliaforms ...

"Modern birds have some of the most advanced cognitive capabilities in the animal kingdom ... preserved bird fossils ever ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Unlike birds and mammals ... in the fossil record 315 million years ago and were the dominant animals during the Mesozoic era, which lasted for 270 million years until the extinction of the ...

Rare fossils reveal stunning scene from dinosaur's last days Rare fossils reveal stunning scene from dinosaur's last days Baby Bird from Time of Dinosaurs Found Fossilized in Amber Baby Bird from ...

This article examines the fastest dinosaurs from the Mesozoic era, exploring their anatomical ... characterized by bird-like builds, smarts, and keen senses — adaptations for a lifestyle that ...

What does this information really tell us about this strangely unique animal and its genetic past ... deep in the Mesozoic era, and since that time, it has independently lost different elements ...

Present-day mammals, while not as colourful as birds ... Mesozoic mammaliaforms were nocturnal, hiding in the dark to avoid being devoured by the many predatory dinosaurs and other animals ...

Bookended by extinctions, this era saw huge shifts in the diversity and dominance ... which includes many successful Mesozoic groups such as the dinosaurs and birds, pterosaurs, crocodilians and ...

You might know the Cretaceous Period for big animals such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops ... It is the last period in the Mesozoic Era. It comes after the Jurassic Period and before the ...