A 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil unveils rare skin details, reshaping our understanding of ancient marine life.

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

Newly discovered feathers were crucial to how Archaeopteryx was able to fly. Archaeopteryx is the fossil that helped confirm ...

The 24 awards would have gone to a range of companies trying in novel ways to reduce the pollution that is heating the planet ...

Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly ...

In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a ...

A new Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution ...

Dig down about a mile or two in parts of the United States and you’ll start to see the remains of an ancient ocean. The ...

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

For years, paleontologists have debated whether Archaeopteryx could truly fly. The Chicago specimen may finally put this debate to rest as it preserved a set of long, symmetrical feathers on the upper ...

Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies must be tied to new subsidies that raise living standards for working and poor people.