The pliosaur was a carnivorous reptilian apex predator that roamed and ruled the seas for millions of years during the ...

A quail-size fossil uncovered in China suggests birds evolved millions of years earlier than previously thought.

The early evolution of birds has long been a mystery due to the limited fossil record. Two bird fossils dating back 149 million years to the Jurassic era have been unearthed in Fujian Province, ...

Biologists previously believed modern birds had evolved 20 million years later than the new evidence suggests.

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species.

Jurassic bird fossil discovery of a species named Baminornis zhenghensis pushes bird evolution timeline back 20 million years ...

Get ready for a walk in the park, the Jurassic Park that is as a new set of collectibles are here including Micro Adventures from Mattel ...

Paleontologists in China have unearthed a new dinosaur fossil, which belongs to a previously unknown species from the Early Jurassic period. Back in 2015, experts recovered the fossilized remains ...

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

The Archaeopteryx, the fossils of which were first discovered around 1860, belonged to the Late Jurassic period and was once considered the earliest bird. However, its long tail and primitive features ...

The Edelman Fossil Park and Museum of Rowan University opens next month, with tickets on sale now. Here's what you need to ...

For more than a century, scientists believed that a fossil of a winged dinosaur from the Jurassic Period discovered 160 years ago in Germany represented the earliest birds. Now, researchers have ...