The bones of a 160-million-year-old dinosaur are helping scientists solve one of evolution’s biggest mysteries: how birds ...

Scientists examined hundreds of birds in museum collections and discovered a suite of feather characteristics that all flying birds have in common. These 'rules' provide clues as to how the dinosaur ...

Sept 6 (Reuters) - About 148 to 150 million years ago, a strange pheasant-sized and bird-like dinosaur with elongated legs and arms built much like wings inhabited southeastern China, with a puzzling ...

That critter that flew in and landed on your bird feeder or a nearby tree branch is a dinosaur. Yes, really. “Every bird is a dinosaur,” said Colin Sumrall, associate professor of paleobiology in the ...

It was half-bird, half-reptile and it soared above the still lagoons of Bavaria 147 million years ago. Researchers have confirmed that Archaeopteryx had a brain and body geared for flight, earning it ...

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Birds can hold their wings high because of the strange way they crouch, and now scientists say the origins of this folded posture may provide insight into the evolution of their flight. Birds stand ...

A new discovery has filled the void of the fossil record showing how birds evolved. The dinosaur called Fujianvenator prodigious, which means “bizarre hunter from Fujian,” was found in the Fujian ...

Roger Williams Park Zoo was full of kids earlier this month, and seemingly every young arm in the zoo shot skyward when bird trainer Sean Hoelle asked for a volunteer. Hoelle was demonstrating how ...

Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found that when birds evolve ...

The bones of a 160-million-year-old dinosaur are helping scientists solve one of evolution’s biggest mysteries: how birds gained flight. Hidden within the wrist of a small, feathered dinosaur lies a ...