Footage shows massive swamp bird seemingly dwarfing tourists after landing on boat.

Scans of the most well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric flying reptile with intact feathers have revealed how the first birds managed to fly while their non-bird dinosaur cousins could not. The ...

Hidden in a limestone quarry near the border between Belgium and the Netherlands, researchers found small bone fragments sticking up out of a rock that could fit in their palms. They could tell that ...

Not all birds can fly. Penguins, ostriches, and kiwis are some famous examples. It’s pretty easy to figure out if a living bird can fly. But it’s a bit tricker when it comes to extinct birds or bird ...

WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - Large flesh-eating dinosaurs evolved into small flying birds, but it did not happen overnight. An international team of scientists on Thursday described an ...

"First published in Australia by NewSouth, an imprint of the University of New South Wales Press, Ltd."--Title page verso. "The discovery of stunning, feathered dinosaur fossils coming out of China ...

For more than 150 years, researchers have been studying the fossils of bird-like dinosaur Archaeopteryx and attempting to answer this question: Did it fly? Although it may sound simple, the fossils of ...

A new discovery has filled the void of the fossil record showing how birds evolved. The dinosaur called Fujianvenator prodigious, which means “bizarre hunter from Fujian,” was found in the Fujian ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of flying dinosaur unlike any seen before, a spectacular four-winged predator that lived in trees and probably used its elaborate plumage to glide from branch ...

The discovery of air sacs in a new 10-metre-long, meat-eating dinosaur may seal the connection between birds and dinosaurs and explain how birds' unique breathing system evolved, scientists say.