The sparrow-sized bird's fossil was detected in Northeastern Asia, according to Earth.com. Its throat was filled with an ...

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. The recently discovered ...

A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal's body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and even a perfectly preserved body doesn't tell the whole story of how that ...

Tens of millions of years ago, a diverse array of bird species soared, swam, and thrived amid their scaly reptile cousins—and ...

The identification of part of the fossilized remains of a so-called "terror bird" species in South America has given researchers new insight into the apex predators ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A peculiar fossil ...

Navaornis hestiae (center) documents a previously unknown intermediate stage in the evolution of the central nervous system between the earliest birds (like Archaeopteryx on the left) and living birds ...

Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago, and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail feathers. These flashy feathers probably didn't help the ...

A bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals the roots of avian intelligence, according to a new study. The "one of a kind" fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique ...

The unlucky fossil bird, preserved with over 800 tiny rocks in its throat (visible as the gray mass next to the left of its neck bones). A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal’s body is ...