New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats -- adaptations that helped them evolve into the ...

SPRINGFIELD – In the early 1700s, gravestones throughout New England were often adorned with an etching of a winged skull. But in this city, that symbol is missing from historic gravestones.

The new species was identified by its ears, coloring, teeth, skull shape and DNA, the study said. The research team included Harry Parnaby, Andrew King, Steve Hamilton and Mark Eldridge. A winged ...

It can’t burrow down because of the skull, so it grows across and you’re able to watch it develop Dr Erica McAllister recalls an incident in Costa Rica where a colleague discovered a botfly in ...