Amber deposits in Japan show unique deformations that suggest trees were swept out to sea during a tsunami about 115 million ...

Recently, a joint Chinese–American research team led by Dr. HU Han from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the ...

Significantly, the Chicago specimen is the first known Archaeopteryx fossil to preserve tertials — the flight feathers ...

A 166-million-year-old Middle Jurassic herbivorous dinosaur, the size of a large dog and bipedal, has been discovered on the ...

"Archaeopteryx is not the first dinosaur with feathers, nor is it the first dinosaur with wings. However, we think it is the ...

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It is the oldest known fossil bird and helps demonstrate that all birds, including modern ones, are dinosaurs. Although the first fossil of this ...

A remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil, the most complete ever found, is revealing secrets of early flight. Discovered in Germany ...

Key to the first bird’s flight was likely a set of never-before-seen feathers, called tertials, found on the upper arm of the ...

A Chicago fossil of Archaeopteryx uncovers unknown features, supporting theories of bird evolution from dinosaurs and ...

A new study led by researchers from China and the United States has unveiled a well-preserved specimen of Archaeopteryx ...

A "beautifully preserved" Chicago Archaeopteryx specimen has hinted towards details that helped birds flying. The latest ...