The short-tailed find with the forelimb of a raptor is an extremely rare example of the transition from dinosaurs to birds ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

Contenders for the true first birds have now been found in Chinese rocks dating from the late Jurassic, around 149 million years ago. If accepted as birds, as the scientists who described them think ...

of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered two bird fossils in Jurassic-era rocks from Fujian Province in southeast China. These rocks date back approximately 149 million years. The fossils ...

(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 modern ...