Perhaps it was soft, even fuzzy. But it was also very much a dinosaur. Anchiornis was a four-winged birdlike species that lived about 160 million years ago, and many fossil specimens have been found ...

A new study led by a researcher from the School of Zoology and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University examined dinosaur fossils preserved with their feathers and found that ...

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The anatomy of a Chinese fossil offers a hint that birdsong may be as old as the dinosaurs themselves. By Asher Elbein Since the 1930s, dinosaurs have rumbled, snarled and roared on film. But the ...

A new fossil discovery could be the world's smallest known dinosaur — a feathered, birdlike creature that lived more than 100 million years ago and grew no more than 15.7 inches (40 centimeters) long.

Chinese researchers have unearthed the fossil of a bird-like dinosaur with four wings in north-eastern China, which they suggest is a missing link in dinosaurs' evolution into birds. In a paper in the ...

Researchers report that modern bird feathers and feathers of the bird-like dinosaur Anchiornis have different protein compositions. Analyzing fossilized dinosaur feathers is key to uncovering how ...

About 140 million years ago a microraptor—a bird-like dinosaur with four feathered wings—was zipping around in what is today northeastern China when it found a snack. The little dino grabbed a lizard ...

Researchers believe the Anchiornis were not as good at regulating temperature and repelling water as modern birds. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on ...

Last week we reported on the discovery that dinosaurs had red, black, and gray feathers. This week, scientists announced that a separate discovery revealed what the dinosaurs’ plumage actually looked ...