Scans of the most well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric flying reptile with intact feathers have revealed how the first birds managed to fly while their non-bird dinosaur cousins could not. The ...

How dinosaurs were built to fly. Like feathers, most of the other traits needed for flight also evolved long before the first birds. Scientists believe many of these features appeared at various ...

When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers Date: February 27, 2025 Source: Field Museum Summary: Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum ...

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 that when birds ...

An 80-million-year-old fossil bird has been discovered with a skull so exquisitely preserved that scientists have been able to study the detailed structure of its brain.. In both age and ...