Key to the first bird’s flight was likely a set of never-before-seen feathers, called tertials, found on the upper arm of the ...

Scans of the most well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric flying reptile with intact feathers have revealed how the first birds managed to fly while their non-bird dinosaur cousins could not.

The Chicago Archaeopteryx features more soft tissue and delicate skeletal details than any known fossil of its kind, and ...

Most modern birds solved this issue by evolving shorter appendages to accompany their tertial feathers. But even though ...

New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as ...

Whether you're wandering through the dunes of Rajasthan or sipping chai in a Kolkata backyard, keep your eyes open to spot ...