The University of Manchester team has found that the internal biological structure of pterosaur bones could inspire the ...

“A short tail is widely regarded as aerodynamically beneficial, and the reduction of the tail constitutes the most dramatic change during the dinosaurs-bird transition,” says Min Wang at the ...

A stark contrast to the feathers of flying dinosaurs like Archaeopteryx and most modern-day birds. But with a wealth of feathered dinosaur fossils found in just a few years, scientists have pieced ...

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

Researchers believe that around 150 million years ago, in what is now southeastern China, this spent its life grounded. Unlike its bird relatives, this dinosaur was better at sprinting or wading than ...

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

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

Collection of cute flying dragons, dinosaurs, fire breathing monsters with wings isolated on white background. Fairytale for kids, magical concept Archaeopteryx bird-like dinosaurs flying illustration ...

"I would say that any modern biologist would, or should, say that birds are reptiles," Martin Stervander, an evolutionary ...

Fuzhou: A short-tailed bird fossil, stated to be the oldest dating back about 150 million years, was discovered by Chinese ...

“This fossil (Baminornis) indicates that Jurassic birds probably already had a global distribution and were much more ...