This illustration shows what Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi may have looked like during its heyday, about 150 million years ago. After years spent sitting in private collections, a "phantom" fossil of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeopteryx Fossil Chicago One of the most famous fossil creatures in the world has just received a major glow-up. More than a ...

Scans of the Chicago Archaeopteryx show feather and bone features that worked together to create lift.

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It doesn't have the reputation of a Tyrannosaurus rex or the elegant neck of a brachiosaurus. But Archaeopteryx is still one of the most important dinosaurs that ever lived. Its fossils have taught ...

Owing to its distinctly bird-like features, Archaeopteryx is one of the most intriguing dinosaurs known to science. Since its discovery some 150 years ago, paleontologists have wondered if the Late ...

The raptor-like Archaeopteryx has long been viewed as the archetypal first bird, but new research reveals that it was actually a lot less "bird-like" than scientists had believed. The raptor-like ...

Just 11 archaeopteryx fossils have been collected since the first one was discovered 150 years ago. To discern the true colors of the dinobird’s plumage, the researchers scanned a well-preserved ...

Paleontologists have corrected a case of misinterpretation: The first fossil "Archaeopteryx" to be discovered is actually a predatory dinosaur belonging to the anchiornithid family, which was ...

In 1855, paleontologists made a discovery that changed the way we looked at dinosaurs, evolution, and birds. In Germany, they found what would come to be known as Archaeopteryx, the world's first bird ...

Scientists on Wednesday described the best-preserved fossil of Archaeopteryx ever found, revealing the whole plumage in great detail including a feather arrangement fully capable of flight and curious ...