Despite the common belief that reptiles such as crocodiles and alligators are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, birds actually provide the strongest link to these ancient creatures. All ...

Birds are today’s only living dinosaurs, but how did they survive the asteroid? Birds are the only dinosaurs still alive today, but how did they survive the asteroid? Most birds were wiped out, along ...

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The red earth of northern New Mexico is a portal into deep-time, containing clues about the dawn of a lineage that brings song, color and windborne motion to our lives today. At Ghost Ranch, ...

Scientists have known for some time that birds like chickens and ostriches are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex. Now, a newly discovered fossil of a bird-like dinosaur could ...

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Discoverer of more dinosaur species than any other living scientist, Xu Xing says some dinosaurs have birdlike traits, including feathers. Stefen Chow In a pine forest in rural northeastern China, a ...