A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds ...

Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young.

At first glance, feathers may seem like simple parts of a bird’s body. But if you look closer—under a microscope or through a ...

Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than ...

Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young.

Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly ...

Newly discovered feathers were crucial to how Archaeopteryx was able to fly. Archaeopteryx is the fossil that helped confirm ...

After 128 years of exploration and fossil excavation, researchers have finally unearthed the skull of Genyornis newtoni.

The Chicago Archaeopteryx features more soft tissue and delicate skeletal details than any known fossil of its kind, and ...

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