I read a while back that there are likely still hundreds of dinosaur species out there waiting to be found. Something about ...
Knowledge of the origin of feathers developed as new fossils were discovered throughout the 2000s and 2010s and as technology enabled scientists to study fossils more closely. Among non-avian ...
The presence of two types of skin on the fossil implies that dinosaurs may have retained reptile skin as protection while experimenting with feathers in certain areas in the early days of feather ...
Patrick O’Connor at Ohio University says the new find is an “amazing fossil,” illustrating “the mosaic of dinosaur and bird features in some very early representatives of the bird-like ...
“Before these fossils were found, dinosaurs were depicted in art and movies as boring, green or grey, overgrown reptiles. Today, we know that many had feathers and looked and acted much more ...
Recent research suggests that Velociraptor mongoliensis was a feathered dinosaur. A forelimb fossil discovered in Mongolia showed quill knobs like those found in many modern birds. These telltale ...
They have unearthed the nearly complete fossil of a previously undiscovered ... that it helped scientists choose the new dinosaur’s name. Dark feathers covering the ancient creature’s body ...