Over time, some of those dinosaurs sprouted feathers and took to the skies—and while their reptilian cousins died off, those ...

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A nature reserve near Machynlleth has made a startling reversal of an endangered species thanks to an unlikely herd of ...

The oldest bird-like fossils are more than 150 million years old. These ancient bird-like creatures looked quite a lot like small, feathered dinosaurs and they had much in common. Their mouths still ...

The tiny fossil of a prehistoric baby bird is helping scientists understand how early avians came into the world in the Age of Dinosaurs. The fossil, which dates back to the Mesozoic Era (250-65 ...

(CNN) — Millions of years ago, long-legged, big-beaked, meat-eating “terror birds” stalked the Americas. The imposing creatures ruled the roost as top predators ...

These features are especially common in this ancient bird lineage, suggesting these traits could be evolutionary holdovers from the Galliformes’ dinosaur ancestors. All Galliformes can fly ...