Almost three decades have passed since the scientific debut of the first non-avian dinosaur with feathers, Sinosauropteryx, and in that time experts have discovered dozens more. Bird-like raptors ...

They may look stunning in flight, radiant feathers, elegant glides, and mesmerizing movements, but behind their beauty lies a darker truth. In this visually breathtaking documentary, we reveal 30 of ...

Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly ...

New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as ...

Most of us will never get to see nature's greatest marvels in person ... dinosaurs using their feathers to fly. Birds are so common, even in the most paved-over places on Earth, that it's easy ...

Birds evolved from dinosaurs, and dinosaur fossils are often covered with impressions of feathers, which made some palaeontologists speculate whether feathers were a common trait that appeared ...

But the surprising discovery of a herbivorous dinosaur with a filamentous coat raises fresh questions about the evolution of feathers. That seemingly simple question is surprisingly hard to answer.

No surprise there. But since 1996, paleontologists have identified about 30 genera of non-avian dinosaurs with feathers. Most of these dinosaurs are coelurosaurs – the major group of theropod ...

In a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, McNamara, Godefroit and their colleagues report that this pterosaur possessed two types of feathers, including branched feathers similar to th ...

Naturalist Jim McCormac writes a column for The Dispatch on the first, third and fifth Sundays of the month. He also writes about nature at www.jimmccormac.blogspot.com.