New research has discovered 16 new desert grasshopper species, revealing their Ice Age-driven isolation and diversification.

The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...

“This fossil (Baminornis) indicates that Jurassic birds probably already had a global distribution and were much more ...

Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were feathered creatures that ranged in ...

Fossil teeth of extinct megalodon sharks have grooves made by other megalodon teeth, hinting at violent encounters between ...

The short-tailed find with the forelimb of a raptor is an extremely rare example of the transition from dinosaurs to birds ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

A new raptor conservation project in England aims to protect birds of prey such as buzzards, kestrels, and owls.

Ancient birds may have soared over their dinosaur relatives in the Late Jurassic. A new species found in China, known as Baminornis zhenghensis, shows that early birds already had some of their ...