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

A team of researchers recently set out to northern Alaska to collect avian fossils — and discovered the earliest known ...

The researchers analyzed rare fossils of hatchling birds found in northern Alaska, which offered the earliest evidence of the ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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