The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period dinosaur.

Learn how the extinction of dinosaurs around 66 million years ago caused seeds to grow larger, filling in an important piece ...

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

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

Birds are the most diverse land vertebrates. Some studies suggest their earliest diversification dates back to the Jurassic ...

The fossil of B. zhenghensis, a bird from the late Middle Jurassic period, was unveiled by the Institute of Vertebrate ...

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and possessed surprisingly ...

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

FUZHOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 ...

Some studies suggest that birds' earliest diversification occurred during the Jurassic Period ... in the late Jurassic Period, as well as the origins of birds and other animals, according to ...