The study of palaeontology has long provided a window into the dynamic evolutionary history of dinosaurs and their avian descendants. Recent research has uncovered intricate details regarding the ...

(Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and possessed surprisingly modern traits, ...

The woodpecker is a unique bird species that has gone through some mysteriously acquired adaptations since the extinction of the dinosaurs. Fossils tell us, without any explanations of course (because ...

Birds are the only dinosaur lineage that survived until today. About 66 million years ago at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary, a mass extinction event destroyed all non-avian dinosaurs, ...

Navaornis hestiae lived 80 million years ago in Brazil Scientists digitally reconstruct its brain and inner ear Its brain combined archaic, modern and unique traits Nov 13 (Reuters) - The brains of ...

Organisms evolve to adapt to the changing times. But it was unclear whether that evolution would be the same, if given a chance to do-over, as the path it has been followed in the past. New research ...

New fossil discoveries in China are changing what is known about bird evolution. Two bird fossils, dating back nearly 149 million years, were unearthed in Fujian Province. These fossils provide the ...