New fossil shows that precise wasp mimicry in hoverflies evolved far earlier than previously thought—and wasn't shaped by ...

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 ...

The Chicago Archaeopteryx provides rare 3D insights into skull evolution, soft tissue structure, and the first evidence of ...

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

A new Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution ...

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

Over 50 bird bones were recovered, some of them so small and delicate that finding them intact was a rare feat.

A new international study has confirmed that a mysterious feature found in dinosaur eggshells—called secondary eggshell units ...

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