The earliest feathered dinosaurs may have evolved their bird-like features while still retaining lizard-like scales on other parts of their body. This theory is based on the discovery of a ...
Analysis of birds’ feathers could reveal which dinosaurs were capable of flight, a new study has found. Scientists have for a ...
This story appears in the February 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Most of us will never get to see nature's greatest marvels in person. We won't get a glimpse of a colossal squid's ...
Birds can fly—at least, most of them can. Flightless birds like penguins and ostriches have evolved lifestyles that don't require flight. However, there's a lot that scientists don't know about ...
Zixiao Yang receives funding from the Irish Research Council and Jurassic Foundation. Maria McNamara receives funding from the European Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland. Strong but ...
Paleontologists have found a missing link in the evolution of dinosaur feathers. Along with their signature sharp teeth and gigantic bodies, some feathered dinosaurs also had scaly skin like today ...
(CNN) — Were dinosaurs warm-blooded like birds and mammals or cold-blooded like reptiles? It’s one of paleontology’s oldest questions, and gleaning the answer matters because it illuminates ...
This story appears in the May 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Nestled among white-sand beaches and brightly colored resorts, the mangrove swamps along Mexico’s Yucatán coast are a ...
Dinosaurs are one of the most successful groups of animals to have roamed the planet. For over 170 million years they dominated the land, from small creatures just a few feet long to some of the ...
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