Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant ...

The new fossil is the first to be discovered so far north in South America, and was found after over 100 years of research at ...

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds learned to either adapt to the harsh Arctic winter, or migrate south during the ...

This makes it a landmark discovery in understanding early bird evolution. 3D model of skull of the Chicago Archaeopteryx and the palatal evolution in paravians. Credit: O’Connor et al. Nature. Thanks ...

A newly analysed Archaeopteryx fossil, acquired by the Field Museum in 2022, reveals specialized tertial feathers, crucial for stable flight 150 million years ago. This feature, absent in non ...

These large, flightless birds have powerful, muscular legs and tough, prehistoric-looking feet with claws that can deliver a ...

The bird fossils are part of the museum's collections. ... Antarctic petrel, and snow petrel to build nests and lay their eggs. However, from December 2021 to January ...

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds learned to either adapt to the harsh Arctic winter, or migrate south during ...

A groundbreaking fossil discovery in Zhenghe county, Fujian province, has reshaped our understanding of avian origins. Scientists identified Baminornis zhenghensis, a 150-million-year-old bird ...

We see this behavior today in a living dinosaur (read: bird) – a kind of turkey in Australia that can keep its eggs warm for around 7 weeks using manky old plant matter. Titanosaurs weren't that ...

According to the authors, the bones and teeth of adult birds are often too fragile to survive in the fossil record, and those from baby birds are even more delicate. “Finding bird bones from the ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of ...