Until recently most paleontologists would not have put pterosaurs in the same league as birds in terms of flying ability ... pterosaurs sailing over the ancient lagoon. A solitary Anganguera ...

A prehistoric giant flying squirrel once glided over ancient Appalachia but went extinct as the climate cooled. Its fossils, ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found ...

Enter Argentavis magnificens, a prehistoric relative of the Andean ... around 70 kilograms (154 pounds)—making it the largest flying bird to ever exist. Scientists believe it flew much like ...

There's a lot of superstition surrounding birds. These 14 birds are all associated with death in one way or another.

The Gray Fossil Site, overseen by the Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology at East Tennessee State University, ...

These features are especially common in this ancient bird lineage ... Because their chest muscles are used less than other flying birds, like ducks, they have more white meat for white-meat ...

A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica has been identified as a relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest known modern bird ... in Sydney says this ancient species has been ...