Scientists discovered two Jurassic bird fossils in China, pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, ...

Drawing on fossil evidence, he unveils the astonishing scale of this elusive and seemingly mythical creature. Back in 1951, the famous Himalayan Explorer and mountaineer Eric Shipton came across ...

He argues that “cross-polarized light microscopy images of fossil bones, collected for a century, should be revisited.” The reason for this is the possibility that something may have been ...

The Pisco Basin in Peru is one of the world’s premier paleontological sites, drawing the attention of biologists, geologists and fossil enthusiasts. Nestled along the Pacific coast, the basin ...

A photograph and interpretive line drawing show the Baminornis zhenghensis fossil. Min Wang Researchers named the newly discovered Jurassic bird Baminornis zhenghensis. It was a contemporary of ...

This fossil displays a unique combination of features ... Photograph and interpretive line drawing of the 150-million-year-old bird Baminornis zhenghensis. Credit: Wang Min The evolutionary ...