Microraptor, a small dinosaur that lived in northeast China about 120 million years ago, had feathers on its wings, hind legs and tail. But in all likelihood, it didn’t fly like a bird. Instead, it ...

Many of us believe dinosaurs to be extinct but in truth, they surround us every day. All the world’s birds, from the pigeons of our cities to the gulls of our seasides, are descended from dinosaurs, ...

The bird wasn’t just buried alongside Microraptor, for its bones are enclosed by the larger animal’s ribs. It must have been eaten, and O’Connor thinks that Microraptor probably killed the bird, ...

Microraptor was an exquisitely feathered dinosaur. The small, sickle-clawed predator, which lived about 120 million years ago, was covered in well-developed plumage, including long feathers on its ...

Nowadays, feathered dinos are all the rage. Since 1999, over 20 new species have been discovered, ranging from sparrow-sized tree-climbers to thirty-foot tyrannosaurs. Among these bird-like beasts, ...

A patch of three oddly short feathers spotted among the fossilized plumage of Microraptor may be the first evidence of a nonbird dinosaur molting. The fossil find further suggests that Microraptor, ...

Ever since the announcement of an exquisitely-preserved specimen of the feathered dinosaur Microraptor gui in 2003, paleontologists have been debating how it might have flown and what relevance it ...

Modern birds evolved from dinosaurs, but it’s not clear how well birds’ ancient dino ancestors could fly (SN: 10/28/16). Now, a look at the fossilized feet of one nonavian dinosaur suggests that it ...

In 1993, a small group of scientists and a lawyer visited a remote island owned by an eccentric entrepreneur. There they found a theme park filled with resurrected dinosaurs. It was undoubtedly, the ...

Paleontologists in the UK have proved that a small feathered flying dinosaur, about the same size as a housecat, ate mammals. A fossil of the dinosaur, known as Microraptor, was found with the foot of ...

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