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

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

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

In 1861, scientists discovered Archaeopteryx, a dinosaur with feathers, in 150-million-year-old limestones in Solnhofen, ...

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

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 new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array ...

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

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

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

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— ...

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