Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

The short-tailed find with the forelimb of a raptor is an extremely rare example of the transition from dinosaurs to birds.

Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of ...

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

An extraction team race to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park, ...

A research team led by Professor WANG Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of ...

The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...

A shocking discovery has been made in the U.S.—scientists have found ancient DNA in a living animal, challenging everything we know about evolution! Could this genetic code unlock secrets from the ...

The bird has a short tail ending in a pygostyle, an important aerodynamic innovation moving the center of mass forward toward the wings.

But, alas, the mosasaurs were not dinosaurs. As with plesiosaurs, the biggest giveaway is its habitat: “With the exception of ...