The Chicago Archaeopteryx features more soft tissue and delicate skeletal details than any known fossil of its kind, and ...

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 ...

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

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act ...

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

Below, five African adventures—from the deep jungles of Congo to the museums of Benin—that take you far beyond the savanna.

This 150-million-year-old fossil is rewriting the story of how flight began.

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 Chicago fossil of Archaeopteryx uncovers unknown features, supporting theories of bird evolution from dinosaurs and ...

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It is the oldest known fossil bird and helps demonstrate that all birds, including modern ones, are dinosaurs. Although the first fossil of this ...