When this researcher first laid eyes on a fossil, she instantly realized it was a new dinosaur species that had likely died a ...

Skin fossils from a sauropod dinosaur examined with an electron microscope feature structures called melanosomes, which are similar to those that create the bright colours in birds' feathers ...

Baby Cockatiel Begs for Food in a Bib Like the Cutest Tiny Dinosaur originally appeared on Parade Pets. Baby Cockatiel birds are already ridiculously cute, but put a little paper towel bib on one ...

In this Brooklyn Bird Watch, we’ll share some fascinating facts and theories about the life of birds millions of years ago, and stay tuned for follow-up pieces about the current realities of our ...

Pterosaurs acquired flight "in a burst at their origin," giving scientists new insights into the biological laws of flight ...

Around 120 million years ago, a bird swallowed over 800 tiny stones and choked to death as a result. Paleontologists aren’t ...

A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal's body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and ...

Animals often swallow stones called gastroliths to help grind food. But none of the thousands of similar fossil birds have ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed flying reptiles called pterosaurs took to the air with birdlike brains.