Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds.

Chinese researchers have discovered a rare fossil of a previously unknown species of venomous scorpion that lived around 125 ...

Rare birds take flight with the rising sun at Caohai National Nature Reserve in Bijie, Guizhou province. [Photo by Shen Guangyong and Yue Gang/For chinadaily.com.cn] Groups of rare bird species ...

Extremely rare fossil of an ancient scorpion unearthed at China's Jehol Biota. The scorpion would've been a key species in the Cretaceous ecosystem, scientists say.

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and possessed surprisingly ...

Chinese palaeontologists have found what could be the world’s oldest bird fossil ... stage of evolution has long been clouded by the rare and spatiotemporally limited fossil record,” the ...