A new artificial intelligence system is drawing renewed attention to one of paleontology’s oldest controversies. At the ...

Tracks believed to be the work of small, scampering dinosaurs may have been made by birds, pushing back the date of the ...

(CNN) — When a fossil preserves an animal’s complete body in a death pose, seeing it is observing a snapshot in time. Several such fossils exist for Archaeopteryx — the earliest known bird — and now, ...

Seems like there’s a Shazam for everything nowadays. First it was music, then plants, then plant diseases. You can even ask ...

Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young. The same was true 73 million years ago, according to a paper featured on ...

A remarkable fossil in the National Museum of Natural History’s collection reveals that the ancestors of modern flightless birds were capable of flying long distances Jack Tamisiea Ostriches, emus and ...

Flinders University paleontology researchers—with local fossil experts—have discovered how prolific shorebirds, including the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Fossils may reveal what type of animal died millions of years ago ...

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 ...

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