The Jurassic franchise’s wildest creature yet, Distortus rex, is part T. rex, part nightmare. Here's what to expect in ...

All to battle an 8-ounce, highly adaptive bird that's colonizing the country -- and leaving behind inch-thick layers of droppings as it goes. The great-tailed grackle, called by some the devil ...

Pterosaurs were an amazing group of flying reptiles that occupied the skies around the same time that dinosaurs roamed on land. Appearing in the fossil record around 230 million years ago, pterosaurs ...

The rump is actually the patch of feathers just above the bird’s tail on the back (dorsal) side of the bird. The lore, by the way, is the space between the eye and bill in a bird. The field mark of ...

The Brazilian free-tailed bat, known scientifically as Tadarida brasiliensis, is a marvel of nature. Renowned for its incredible speed, this bat is a fascinating subject for researchers and wildlife ...

A greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) was spotted in Jhanjhrola on Sunday morning, likely the bird’s first recorded sighting in Gurugram district, birders said. A greater racket ...

Swallow-tailed kites make their nests in tall trees and are social birds, often congregating in flocks. The birds can be seen in Florida from March until about August, when they begin to migrate ...

The film "The Vertebrates: Birds" explores the unique characteristics and adaptations of birds, highlighting their need for parental care, specialized body structures, and the importance of ...

Scientists in China discover 150 million-year-old fossilised bird, Baminornis zhenghensis, revealing new insights into bird evolution and challenging previous beliefs about the Jurassic Period.

Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province.

An artist’s reconstruction of Baminornis zhenghensis. Credit: UnexpectedDinoLesson / CC BY 4.0 Scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dated to 150 million years ago, in Fujian ...

Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived around 150 million years ago and had a short tail like those of ...