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

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

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

Scientists have analysed a new Archaeopteryx fossil. This fossil reveals specialised feathers. These feathers aided in flight. Archaeopteryx lived 150 ...

A Chicago fossil of Archaeopteryx uncovers unknown features, supporting theories of bird evolution from dinosaurs and ...

A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array ...

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that clearly demonstrated Darwin's views. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds -- including the ones alive today -- emerged from dinosaurs.

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

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.

"Archaeopteryx is not the first dinosaur with feathers, nor is it the first dinosaur with wings. However, we think it is the ...

Based on what we know of living birds with long wings, the role of tertial feathers is primarily to close the wing gap and ...