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

Most modern birds solved this issue by evolving shorter appendages to accompany their tertial feathers. But even though ...

In short, the evolution of feathers would have happened along with the evolution of flight. This feathers-led-to-flight notion began to unravel in the 1970s, when Yale University paleontologist ...

Flying dinosaur fossil with intact feathers reveals how first birds took flight - Researchers say set of never-before-seen ...

New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as ...

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

Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light on feather evolution. Previous studies suggested that ...

Scans of the Chicago Archaeopteryx show feather and bone features that worked together to create lift.

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

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

A new study on a well-preserved Archaeopteryx fossil in Chicago unveils surprising features of the earliest-known bird. By ...

Recently, a joint Chinese-American research team led by Dr. HU Han from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...