Imagine a bird landing on a peaceful island thousands of years ago. No predators. No danger hiding in the shadows. No urgent need to escape into the sky every second. Slowly, generation after ...

Reconstruction of a Late Triassic landscape (approximately 215 million years ago). A lagerpetid, a close relative of pterosaurs, is perched on a rock, observing pterosaurs flying overhead. Tübingen, ...

An ancient archaeopteryx fossil is offering new insight into the early evolution of birds from dinosaurs. Dating back around 150 million years, this remarkable discovery is helping scientists ...

Scientists with the Field Museum of Chicago have discovered that a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in its collection displays an array of features previously unknown when it comes to the earliest ...

When most people think about birds, they imagine wings cutting through clouds and graceful flights across the sky. But nature loves breaking its own rules. Somewhere in the dry grasslands of Africa ...