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

Key to the first bird’s flight was likely a set of never-before-seen feathers, called tertials, found on the upper arm of the ...

Based on what we know of living birds with long wings, the role of tertial feathers is primarily to close the wing gap and ...

For years, paleontologists have debated whether Archaeopteryx could truly fly. The Chicago specimen may finally put this ...

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— ...

"Archaeopteryx is not the first dinosaur with feathers, nor is it the first dinosaur with wings. However, we think it is the ...

A "beautifully preserved" Chicago Archaeopteryx specimen has hinted towards details that helped birds flying. The latest ...

A remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil, the most complete ever found, is revealing secrets of early flight. Discovered in Germany ...

A joint Chinese-US research team has unveiled the "Chicago Archaeopteryx," an exquisitely preserved specimen of the iconic ...

Another dead whale has been found stranded on a German island in the North Sea. The minke whale washed up on the east side of ...

A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array ...