A rare set of exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryos unearthed in the Patagonian badlands is revealing how dramatically the animals changed as they grew from mere 15-inch hatchlings into bus-sized ...

A groundbreaking study, published in iScience in 2021, revealed new insights into the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs. The discovery of Baby Yingliang, an exceptionally well-preserved ...

A fossilized dinosaur embryo discovered inside a fossilized egg in southern China is reshaping scientific understanding of avian evolution. Preserved for more than 70 million years and left unexamined ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying embryonic ...

A groundbreaking discovery has surfaced from the depths of the early Cambrian Kuanchuanpu biota, which existed around 535 million years ago in Shaanxi Province, China. Here, researchers have ...

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been widely debated, paleontological discoveries and developmental biology studies ...

The earliest days after fertilization, once a sperm cell meets an egg, are shrouded in scientific mystery. The process of how a humble single cell becomes an organism fascinates scientists across ...