A tiny, overlooked wrist bone called the pisiform may have played a pivotal role in bird flight and it turns out it evolved far earlier than scientists thought. Fossils from bird-like dinosaurs in ...

Until around 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to Genyornis newtoni, a fearsomely huge bird weighing roughly 230kg – almost six times as much as an emu – and standing 2 metres tall. This giant, ...

Look at the length of your pinky finger. There was once a teeth-bearing, claw-wearing bird on this planet that was just that small. About a decade ago, scientists unearthed the fossilized remains of a ...