Scientists have analysed a new Archaeopteryx fossil. This fossil reveals specialised feathers. These feathers aided in flight. Archaeopteryx lived 150 ...

Based on what we know of living birds with long wings, the role of tertial feathers is primarily to close the wing gap and ...

Key to the first bird’s flight was likely a set of never-before-seen feathers, called tertials, found on the upper arm of the ...

A Chicago fossil of Archaeopteryx uncovers unknown features, supporting theories of bird evolution from dinosaurs and highlighting its unique flight adaptations.

A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array ...

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"Archaeopteryx is not the first dinosaur with feathers, nor is it the first dinosaur with wings. However, we think it is the ...

CT scans, UV light, and careful prep work uncovered feathers that may have given the ancient dinosaur liftoff.

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— ...

For years, paleontologists have debated whether Archaeopteryx could truly fly. The Chicago specimen may finally put this ...

Most modern birds solved this issue by evolving shorter appendages to accompany their tertial feathers. But even though ...