Over 30 species of non-avian dinosaurs have been confirmed to have feathers, either from direct fossilized evidence of feathers, or other indicators, such as quill knobs. Up until now, all of those dinosaurs were confirmed to be carnivorous theropods, like Velociraptor and the ancestors of birds. However, fossilized remains of a new type of herbivorous dinosaur indicate that all dinosaurs may have had feathers. The study was led by Pascal Godefroit from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural History in Brussels and the results were published in Science.

New Caledonian corvids, already considered the world’s smartest birds, now have even more to crow about. A new study found that their understanding of water displacement matches that of 7-10 year olds.

Earlier this year, a study found that Aesop’s Fable of the crow that uses pebbles to raise the water level of a pitcher to allow it to drink actually undersells their capacities.

Astronauts on board the International Space Station are reminded of the continuing brutal conflict between Israel and Gaza as they witness air strikes from hundreds of miles above ground.  

The ability of young children to distinguish fact from fiction varies considerably with exposure to religion, two new studies have found. Children who did not attend parochial (religious) schools or church were significantly better at identifying characters in religious or fantasy stories as pretend than those who did. The studies have been published in Cognitive Science.

What is scarier than a tyrannosour? Try a herd of tyrannosaurs. But that would never happen because they were solitary hunters, right? All the movies tell us so. Turns out, tyrannosaurs may have been a whole lot more social than we thought.