The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species.

Paleontologists on the Isle of Skye in Scotland have unearthed the largest pterosaur known from the Jurassic period.

Contenders for the true first birds have now been found in Chinese rocks dating from the late Jurassic, around 149 million ...

Learn how the extinction of dinosaurs around 66 million years ago caused seeds to grow larger, filling in an important piece ...

The fossil of B. zhenghensis, a bird from the late Middle Jurassic period, was unveiled by the Institute of Vertebrate ...

FUZHOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 ...

pushing back the origin of birds to the late Middle Jurassic period and rewriting the history of avian evolution. After a year of restoration and research, a joint team from the Institute of ...

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

It was a time when dinosaurs experienced diversification and rose to become the dominant land animals ... million years ago during the Early Jurassic period. This titan of its time reached ...

Groundbreaking discovery in East China's Fujian province reveals the oldest confirmed bird fossil from the Jurassic period. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] Groundbreaking discovery in East China's ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of ...