Key aspects of early bird evolution have been difficult to resolve, owing to a lack of suitably preserved fossilized remains. A fossilized skull of a bird that lived during the age of the dinosaurs ...

The unlucky fossil bird, preserved with over 800 tiny rocks in its throat (visible as the gray mass next to the left of its neck bones). A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal’s body is ...

A major gap in South Korea's prehistoric record has been filled with the discovery of Onggwanoolithus aphaedoensis, the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The early evolution of birds has long been a mystery due to the limited fossil record. Two bird fossils dating back 149 million ...

120-million-year-old bird fossil has raised a perplexing mystery: how did it come to swallow over 800 stones, causing its death? This newly identified species, called Chromeornis funkyi, was ...

In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link to the region’s evolutionary history ...

An 80-million-year-old fossil bird has been discovered with a skull so exquisitely preserved that scientists have been able to study the detailed structure of its brain. The fossil, which bears a ...

A research team led by Professor WANG Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered two bird fossils in Jurassic-era ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The identification of part of the fossilized remains of a so-called "terror bird" species in ...

Fossils with leg feathers discovered in northeast China suggest birds may have a four-winged ancestor that glided from ancient trees above its dinosaur cousins long before two wings took over to power ...

Ancient fossils have revealed some new insights about the Arctic. Researchers have analyzed a group of 50 remains from northern Alaska, which has pushed the presence of birds in the area 25 million ...