A 168 million-year-old dinosaur fossil discovered in Morocco is reshaping our understanding of cerapodan evolution.

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

A newly discovered scorpion fossil is rewriting the story of ancient ecosystems. This rare find, named Jeholia longchengi, ...

This changed in the late 2000s, when researchers studying ancient feathers of fossil birds and dinosaurs such as Anchiornis ...

In the scientific field, the task of knowing the past is fundamental. With the premise of investigating the evolution of species, one of the most important tasks in this sector is ...

The Great Swamp Conservancy, 8375 N. Main St., is encouraging all area bird-watchers and nature enthusiasts to come and enjoy three birding programs as the local environmental organization ...

Scientists discovered two Jurassic bird fossils in China, pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, ...

A newly discovered scorpion fossil, Jeholia longchengi, reveals insights into China’s Early Cretaceous ecosystem.

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today’s loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

The first seed-eating birds (a determination based upon bill shape) did not appear until about 120 million years ago, the early Cretaceous Period. So approximately 250 million years after plant seeds ...