The Chicago Archaeopteryx is a remarkable fossil, the “best preserved” of its kind, in fact. That’s according to palaeontologist Prof Jingmai O’Connor, who’s something of an expert in the transition ...

Doesn’t every seven-year-old wish they could be a paleontologist and discover a new dinosaur species? Well, for one ...

Researchers from China and the United States have shed new light on the ancient evolutionary transition from dinosaurs to ...

Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu​, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...

Meanwhile, the parent worm stays put and regenerates the lost tissue. In this way, a single R. multicaudata can dispatch tens ...

For years, paleontologists have debated whether Archaeopteryx could truly fly. The Chicago specimen may finally put this debate to rest as it preserved a set of long, symmetrical feathers on the upper ...

While they look like birds ... discovered dinosaur, which points to cassowaries being one of the closest remaining links to a time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. As of 2021, all three cassowary ...

The asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs left a lasting legacy, not just in the fossil record but in the DNA of modern birds. By examining these genetic imprints, scientists have gained new ...

She nicknamed the bird "Ranger", given its temporary home in their ute and ... He said anyone who found a native animal that had hitched a ride somewhere it should not have should contact DOC on 0800 ...

“We were surprised to find out that Deinosuchus was not a ‘greater alligator,’” Rabi says. The team argues that the reptile’s alligator-like appearance was likely a matter of convergent ...