Mental Floss20d
See What Jurassic Park’s Raptors Would Look Like With Feathers
“They’re an oversized Deinonychus ... arm feathers. Prior to that, scaly, more reptilian depictions like those seen in Jurassic Park didn’t necessarily contradict the fossil evidence ...
Natural History Museum%2c London3d
New early bird species revealed by fossils unearthed in China
Ancient birds may have soared over their dinosaur relatives in the Late Jurassic. A new species found in China, known as Baminornis zhenghensis, shows that early birds already had some of their ...
rsb.org.uk5d
From Evidence to Art
I’m generally happy to illustrate anything with feathers, including modern birds, but my heart lives in Dromaeosauridae – Deinonychus, Velociraptor and their relatives. The Silky Serikornis by Emily ...
Greek Reporter1d
Jurassic Fossil Discovered in China Sheds New Light on Origin of Birds
Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of ...
The New York Times10d
The Search for the Original Silly Goose in the Fossil Record
Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are ... What bird was it a feather of? Nearly 20 years later, a 2011 Antarctic expedition turned up a bird skull that more ...
CNN9d
Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...
Nature22d
Fossil Feathers And Melanosome Preservation
The study of fossil feathers and melanosomes has gained significant attention in recent years, as researchers seek to understand the preservation of these structures and what they reveal about ...
Phys.org24d
Rediscovered fossil reveals rare bird skull from 45 million years ago
The fossil was unearthed in the 1950s in a former lignite mining area in the Geiseltal in Germany. It was initially misclassified and thus led a shadowy existence until its rediscovery.
The New York Times9d
Fossils Preserve Both Skin and Scales From an Ancient Sea Monster
The tip of a right flipper of the new plesiosaur fossil, with two scales along the trailing edge. A new study suggests that some plesiosaurs, in addition to fishy scales on their flippers ...
Smithsonian Magazine9d
Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
The fossil suggests that modern birds evolved before the dinosaur-killing asteroid, perhaps in Antarctica Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent An illustration of the Vegavis iaai diving for fish ...
Variety15d
Billie Eilish and Finneas Dedicate ‘Wildflower’ and ‘Birds of a Feather’ to Los Angeles at FireAid: ‘We Will Not Forget About You’
Just as FireAid hit the five-hour mark, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas turned down the volume for an acoustic set as the night neared its end. Eilish had already made a cameo to set off the ...