It lived during the Jurassic period in modern-day China and is known for having four long feathers in its tail. If we're speaking of creatures that are still living, we would say that the smallest ...

Meeting this bird again after all of these years was like catching up with a long lost friend. It was almost like no time had passed at all. Back in 2009, I was still in Enid, Oklahoma.

Long Tail Point is a popular place for people to recreate during the summer season. DNR District Ecologist Josh Martinez says signs are posted during nesting season, which wrapped up in July.

The early evolution of birds has long been a mystery due to the limited fossil record. Two bird fossils dating back 149 million years to the Jurassic era have been unearthed in Fujian Province ...

Shimmery. Spiky. Shaggy. Soft. Feathers are what make birds so alluring—but these photographs remind us that they also tell a story about the science of evolution.