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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the Cretaceous, a period of time spanning 145 to 66 million years ago, a little feathered dinosaur swooped down to the ground to gobble up an unsuspecting lizard, swallowing it whole. Now, a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

In 2002, the discovery of a beautiful and bizarre fossil astonished scientists and reignited the debate over the origin of flight. With four wings and superbly preserved feathers, the 130 million-year ...

Learn how a species with shockingly long strides might have used its arms for a unique form of flight-like movement. ByMargherita Bassi Microraptorian fossils, such as the fossil above, provide ...

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