Ancient pterosaurs may have taken to the skies far earlier and more explosively than birds, evolving flight at their very ...

Pterosaurs acquired flight "in a burst at their origin," giving scientists new insights into the biological laws of flight ...

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they first appeared, without the large brains that supported flight in birds. A ...

66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to an abrupt and catastrophic end. Creatures that had ruled the planet for more than 170 million years — from the gigantic sauropods that shook ...

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Scientists with the Field Museum of Chicago have discovered that a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in its collection displays an array of features previously unknown when it comes to the earliest ...

Archaeopteryx lived 150 million years ago during Jurassic Period Details revealed about its feathers, hands, feet and head Specialized feathers called tertials detected in specimen May 14 (Reuters) - ...

New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as the Chicago Archaeopteryx. By Asher Elbein In 1861, scientists discovered ...

The Chicago Archaeopteryx is a rare fossil that reveals the evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds. The fossil is on display inside the Griffin Halls of Evolving Planet. Every bird you’ve ever ...

May 6 (Reuters) - An exquisitely preserved fossil of the earliest-known bird Archaeopteryx, a pigeon-sized specimen revealing new anatomical details of a creature whose 19th century discovery lent ...