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

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 ...

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

Researchers have discovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China, featuring a short tail structure that ...

A photographer’s Covid-era hobby turned into a four-year project that produced around half a million photos. But one stood ...

Division of Wildlife is conducting a statewide bald eagle nest census in 2025 and is requesting the public’s help to locate ...

Birds are the most diverse land vertebrates. Some studies suggest their earliest diversification dates back to the Jurassic ...

Watch your backyard come to life as amazing owl species swoop through the night skies. Get to know the types of owls you ...

Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were feathered creatures that ranged in ...

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