Birds and feathers are strictly associated with each other. Feathers allow the winged creatures to fly, stay warm, and put on dramatic displays come mating season. However, birds were actually not the ...

Discoverer of more dinosaur species than any other living scientist, Xu Xing says some dinosaurs have birdlike traits, including feathers. Stefen Chow In a pine forest in rural northeastern China, a ...

In 2008, a fossil hunter named Frank Hadfield went for a walk among the hoodoos of Drumheller, Alberta. Up on one of these chunky sandstone minarets studding the southern Albertan badlands, Hadfield ...

Where they lived: Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent, including Antarctica. What they ate: Some ate plants, while others ate animals, including other dinosaurs. How big they were: The ...

A new study led by a researcher from the School of Zoology and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University examined dinosaur fossils preserved with their feathers and found that ...

While most paleontologists dig up prehistoric bones from the ground, Lida Xing hunts for fossils in the amber markets of Myanmar. In 2015, he made a remarkable find: Trapped in what looked like golden ...

New research shows fossil skin can reveal color patterns in young Diplodocus, changing old ideas about sauropod appearance.