Birds are the most diverse land vertebrates. Some studies suggest their earliest diversification dates back to the Jurassic ...

Fuzhou: A short-tailed bird fossil, stated to be the oldest dating back about 150 million years, was discovered by Chinese ...

As detailed in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, the researchers claim the fossil to be the oldest known ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the ...