Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...

A fossil from China that's 150 million years old may be the world's earliest ... about the size of a quail – and it would have looked more like modern birds than Archaeopteryx did, says Wang.

Although a common quail of the desert Southwest, the Gambel’s requires a lot of water. Generally sedentary, it moves short distances in the late summer to form coveys, usually comprising several ...