"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act ...

BEIJING -- A new study led by researchers from China and the United States has unveiled a well-preserved specimen of ...

A Chicago fossil of Archaeopteryx uncovers unknown features, supporting theories of bird evolution from dinosaurs and highlighting its unique flight adaptations.

A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array ...

CT scans, UV light, and careful prep work uncovered feathers that may have given the ancient dinosaur liftoff.

A team of researchers from China and the United States has shed new light on the ancient evolutionary transition from ...

With this breakthrough, humans are tampering with evolution beyond its historical use of artificial selection, or breeding ...

Archaeopteryx, often hailed as the first birds, lived during the Jurassic Period, roughly 150 million years ago. Over 160 ...

Mar. 20, 2025 — Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By ...

The humerus, pulled from a well-preserved ancient layer of sediment, belonged to a new extinct species of duck named Amazonetta cubensis, or the Cuban teal, according to a May 9 study published in the ...

we may see the science of T. rex go the way of the dodo. Birds of a feather disappear together, I suppose.