An analysis of nearly 120 dinosaur species and more than 1,500 skeletal features revealed that the theropod lineages that are thought to have been direct ancestors of birds evolved skeletal ...

The first theropod dinosaur has been identified in Kyrgyzstan. It is named Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus, after a giant mythological bird from the Kyrgyz Epic of Manas that helps out heroes during ...

While the non-avian dinosaurs disappeared after the catastrophic asteroid impact 66 million years ago, the lineage of theropod dinosaurs gave rise to modern birds. This evolutionary triumph ...