Two studies published in the latest issue of Science have revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex ...

Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.

The discovery was made possible by comparing historical microscopic sections of the brain with digital imprints of the bird's inside braincase, in the largest such study of its kind covering 136 ...

Outraged animal enthusiast Carol Cook has blasted a council's "bird-brained" decision to put up signs instructing visitors not to feed the wildlife at a popular lakeland. The regular bird-feeder ...

The pallium is the brain region where the neocortex forms in mammals, the part responsible for cognitive and complex functions that most distinguishes humans from other species. The pallium has tradit ...