The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of ...

A set of fossils discovered in East China's Fujian province has been identified as the only known unambiguous record of ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

"Previously, the oldest record of short-tailed birds is from the Early Cretaceous. Baminornis zhenghensis is the sole ...

Emo, short for "emotional hardcore," emerged in the mid-1980s. It evolved into a cornucopia of styles, from indie rock to pop-punk. Pioneers like Rites of Spring and Embrace sowed the seeds, while ...

Outside the United States, more than 950 cases of H5N1 bird flu have been reported to the World Health Organization ... China—saw a faster rate of viral evolution compared to those where ...

In our modern world, accessing food and avoiding disease is a lot easier than it was throughout much of human history. The researchers describe in the paper how they analyzed World Health ...

Is there only one optimal configuration an organism can reach during evolution? Is there a single ... suggesting the world is driven toward a state of minimal energy, the most efficient output ...