Scientists have analysed a new Archaeopteryx fossil. This fossil reveals specialised feathers. These feathers aided in flight ...

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

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— ...

Sharjah: In the heart of Sharjah’s desert, under rust-red dunes and fossil-strewn cliffs, lies a place that may hold the key ...

For years, paleontologists have debated whether Archaeopteryx could truly fly. The Chicago specimen may finally put this ...

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

Unearthed after 166 million years, this dog-sized baby dinosaur fossil from Scotland is rewriting what we know about Jurassic ...

Like all Archaeopteryx fossils, the Chicago specimen was found in limestone deposits near Solnhofen, Germany. This particular specimen was found by a private fossil collector prior to 1990 ...

The ancient fossil was found preserved in a limestone and “represents the earliest undisputed ant known to science,” the authors write in the study. The limestone, originating from the Crato Formation ...

Scans of the most well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric flying reptile with intact feathers have revealed how the first ...