A fascinating discovery in the world of paleontology has shattered the Hollywood-inspired image of dinosaurs popularized by ...

A pivotal wrist bone in birds appears earlier in theropods. This could shift views on how flight evolved. An analysis of two ...

A delicate, innocuous little fossil reptile known as Mirasaura grauvogeli – “Grauvogel’s wonder reptile” – is forcing a ...

The discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change how scientists think about the origin of ...

Preserved in tan stone, the fossil of Mirasaura included much of the ancient reptile’s skeleton and a feather-like fan that ...