A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.

"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. The recently ...

On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, and a ...

Its name reflects its origins: “Bamin” refers to the ancient name for Fujian, “-ornis” represents birds, and “zhenghensis” refers to Zhenghe County. In an interview with Sixth Tone, Wang takes us ...

In 1889 in the foothills of Mount Tuscolo, 25km south-east of Rome, farm workers discovered something extraordinary. While ...

For more than a century, scientists believed that a fossil of a winged dinosaur from the Jurassic Period discovered 160 years ago in Germany represented the earliest birds. Now, researchers have ...

Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent around the globe, including Antarctica. Dinosaurs belong to a group of ...