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Archaeopteryx Was Not Very Bird-like: Inside The First Bird, Surprising Signs Of A Dinosaur
The raptor-like
Archaeopteryx has long been
viewed as the archetypal
first bird, but new research
reveals that it was actually
... > full story
Was Mighty T. Rex 'Sue' Felled By A Lowly Parasite?
When pondering the demise of
a famous dinosaur such as
'Sue,' the mighty
Tyrannosaurus rex whose
fossilized remains are a
star attraction of the Field
... > full story
Feathery Four-winged Dinosaur Fossil Found In China Bridges Transition To Birds
A fossil of a bird-like
dinosaur with four wings has
been discovered in
northeastern China. The
specimen bridges a critical
... > full story
Naming Evolution's Winners And Losers
Mammals and many species of
birds and fish are among
"evolution's winners," while
crocodiles, alligators and a
reptile cousin of snakes
known as the tuatara are
among its losers, according
... > full story
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Giant Moa Rebuilt Using Ancient DNA From Prehistoric Feathers
July 2, 2009 — Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New ... > full story -
Beaked, Bird-like Dinosaur Tells Story Of Finger Evolution
June 18, 2009 — Scientists have discovered a unique beaked, plant-eating dinosaur in China. The finding, they say, demonstrates that theropod, or bird-footed, dinosaurs were more ecologically diverse in the Jurassic ... > full story -
Discovery Raises New Doubts About Dinosaur-bird Links
June 9, 2009 — Researchers have made a fundamental new discovery about how birds breathe and have a lung capacity that allows for flight -- and the finding means it's unlikely that birds descended from any known ... > full story -
Gliding Bristletails Give Clues On Evolution Of Flight
March 23, 2009 — Biologists are providing new insights on the evolution of winged flight. The scientists observed how arboreal bristletails -- evolutionary precursors to insects -- in the Amazon Forest can leap tree ... > full story -
How A New Theory Of Bird Evolution Came About
March 3, 2009 — A major new theory for the evolution of flight is changing textbooks around the world. It involves wing-assisted incline running and a fundamental bird wing angle. One of the scientists who led the ... > full story -
X-rays Used To Reveal Secrets Of Famous 'Dinobird' Fossil
February 22, 2009 — Researchers are using powerful X-rays to find elemental traces of dinosaur tissue next to fossilized ... > full story -
Air-filled Bones Extended Lung Capacity And Helped Prehistoric Reptiles Take First Flight
February 18, 2009 — In the Mesozoic Era, 70 million years before birds first conquered the skies, pterosaurs dominated the air with sparrow- to Cessna-sized wingspans. Researchers suspected that these extinct reptiles ... > full story -
Birds Survived Mass Extinction That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Because Of Their Larger Brains
January 28, 2009 — The Cretaceous--Tertiary mass extinction 65 million years ago may have wiped out the dinosaurs, but those that survived -- the ancestors of today's birds -- may have done so because of their bird ... > full story -
White Eyed Birds Diversify Across A Hemispheric Range Faster Than Any Other Bird
January 28, 2009 — New molecular research shows that white eye birds (family Zosteropidae) form new species at a faster rate than any other known bird. Remarkably, unlike other rapid diversifications, which are ... > full story -
High-tech Imaging Of Inner Ear Sheds Light On Hearing, Behavior Of Oldest Fossil Bird
January 14, 2009 — The earliest known bird, the magpie-sized Archaeopteryx, had a similar hearing range to the modern emu, which suggests that the 145 million-year-old creature -- despite its reptilian teeth and long ... > full story
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