In the dinosaur world, raptors have a reputation for being ferocious, fast, and having sharp claws to slash open their prey. A new fossil unearthed in China confirms that some raptors could not only ...

An artist's rendition of the changyuraptor, a recently discovered four-winged raptor that flew among birds. S. Abramowicz, Dinosaur Institute, NHM Scientists now know more about the fossilized remains ...

Changyuraptor, the largest known flying dinosaur to ever live, has been discovered in China. The ancient avian used four wings, adding stability and control to flight, much like modern aircraft. The ...

It must be one of the strangest creatures the world has ever seen, and, considering the existence of the woolly mammoth and the platypus, that’s saying something. An international team of experts, ...

Despite all that plumage, though, Changyuraptor was not a bird. The very first birds split off from the rest of the dinosaur family tree about 25 million years earlier, and Changyuraptor, like ...

Flying dinosaurs Fossils of the largest dinosaur capable of flight have been discovered in China, according to a new study. A report in the journal Nature Communications, says the 1.2-metre-long ...

Ever since the release of the movie Jurassic Park, the Velociraptor has been in tough competition with the Tyrannosaurs rex for the most feared and dangerous dinosaur of all time. Its razor-sharp ...

Another week brings yet another extraordinary find from the amazing fossil-rich deposits in China’s north-east province of Liaoning. The latest one, dated at 125 million years, is a four-kilogram, 1.2 ...

A new raptorial dinosaur fossil with exceptionally long feathers has provided exciting insights into dinosaur flight. A new article asserts that the fossil has a long feathered tail that scientists ...