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

Scientists in China discover 150 million-year-old fossilised bird, Baminornis zhenghensis, revealing new insights into bird ...

Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's ...

Paleontology, the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants, is just one of many subjects Nicholson’s ...

The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...

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

Scientists say a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica now represents the earliest known modern bird, shedding new light on the evolution of early avian species. The skull of Vegavis iaai, a ...

Two fossils suggest that birds were thriving and diversifying in China as the Jurassic Period closed, new research reveals.

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.

New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...