Pinpointing when birds diverged completely from dinosaurs has long remained a paleontological mystery.

The bird has a short tail ending in a pygostyle, an important aerodynamic innovation moving the center of mass forward toward ...

A U.K. fossil tour guide discovered a rare purple dinosaur footprint imprinted in clay on the coast of the Isle of Wight on ...

The fossil sheds light on interactions within the Cretaceous food web and may represent the first record of this type of ...

A fossil tour guide had a discovery of a lifetime when he happened across a dinosaur track from the Early Cretaceous Period.

Three dinosaur-themed bounce houses await and there’s a Jurassic Quest gift shop called the Dino Store, which sells ...

The fossils were found inside two parcels, prompting authorities to send them for analysis at a prehistory museum in Menton.

French customs officers have found nine dinosaur teeth during a routine check near the Italian border. The discovery was made ...

Scientists say a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica now represents the earliest known modern bird, shedding new light on the evolution of early avian species. The skull of Vegavis iaai, a ...

Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were feathered creatures that ranged in ...

Paleontological discoveries are becoming more and more surprising, especially considering the latest find by a group of experts who have discovered what is known as a new type of d ...

A research team led by Professor Wang Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the ...