The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. The recently ...

Its name reflects its origins: “Bamin” refers to the ancient name for Fujian, “-ornis” represents birds, and “zhenghensis” refers to Zhenghe County. In an interview with Sixth Tone, Wang takes us ...

New research reveals that the extinction of New Zealand’s giant, flightless moa was inevitable after human arrival. Using ...

Millions of years before modern birds evolved, their dinosaur ancestors were soaring through the air. Scientists are piecing together how these iconic reptiles took to the skies. Fossils reveal that ...

A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can ...

For more than a century, scientists believed that a fossil of a winged dinosaur from the Jurassic Period discovered 160 years ago in Germany represented the earliest birds. Now, researchers have ...

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...

Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent around the globe, including Antarctica. Dinosaurs belong to a group of ...