Fossil bird's skull reconstruction reveals a brain made for smelling and eyes made for daylight. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 1, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 10 ...

Navaornis had a larger cerebrum than Archaeopteryx, suggesting it had more advanced cognitive capabilities than the earliest ...

The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore. Researchers have known relatively little, however, about how the bird's brain took shape over tens of millions of years. "Birds are one of ...

“Bird brain” is often hurled at someone as an insult, but scientists have discovered that the brains of birds are so large that they are “practically a braincase with a beak”. By looking ...

Bird cognition has long been synonymous with a lack of intelligence. The term “bird brain” has been used as an insult since at least 1910, with the earlier version “bird-witted” dating ...

Dr. Nathan Emery's new book "Bird Brain: An Exploration of Avian Intelligence" is a gold mine of information and surprises about the latest research on bird smarts.

Bird brain sizes are also hugely variable, ranging from relatively small-brained chickens and ostriches to some of the smartest large-brained species such as parrots and corvids. Note that we are ...