Scientists have discovered a previously unknown fossil goose that challenges a decades-old theory about the evolution of New ...

A 150-million-year-old bird fossil, Zhengheornis, reveals the first step in the evolution of the short tails seen in modern ...

A 150-million-year-old fossil unearthed in Fujian province has revealed what researchers say is the smallest known ...

Scotland’s island wrens are quietly breaking the rules of evolution, growing in ways that have stunned researchers and raised ...

The species of Zhengheornis buyu, the smallest known long-tailed bird, and the skeletal reconstruction image of it Photo: ...

Recent fossil discoveries and DNA analyses are transforming our perspective on the history of life on Earth. These findings ...

Researchers have described a new Jurassic bird species, Zhengheornis buyu, discovered in Fujian Province, China. The ...

A new study uncovers the earliest evidence of right-handedness in 550-million-year-old Ediacaran fossil Spriggina.

New Zealand’s fossil record has a reputation for producing birds that break the rules other continents follow, and a small, ...

Photograph and skeletal reconstruction of the 150-million-year-old bird Zhengheornis buyu. [Photo provided to ...

A fossil of the creature provides the first evidence that microraptors lived in what is now northwestern China. Its discovery ...

Evolution is always happening — so why can't we see it? A biologist explains the timescale problem, election pressure, and ...