Since the 1960s, fossil discoveries have confirmed the scientific consensus that birds evolved from the group of predatory ...

Birds certainly evolved from dinosaurs like Hesperornithoides, but experts have yet to reach a consensus on which species of ancient raptors are closest to this fascinating evolutionary origin story.

The birds we watch at our feeders or listen to at dawn are not just distant cousins to the mighty T. rex and Velociraptor; they are those dinosaurs’ direct descendants.

Supposedly, dinosaurs like the Velociraptor could run as fast as 40 mph. ... it could help solve the mystery of the bird/dinosaur lung connection once and for all.

In fact, birds came from a group of dinosaurs known as dromaeosaurs, or “running lizards,” which included the famous velociraptor. Then, these feathered theropod dinosaurs eventually gave rise ...

Scientists have known for years that many dinosaurs had feathers. Now the presence of feathers has been documented in velociraptor, one of the most iconic of dinosaurs and a close relative of birds.

Dinosaur Discoveries: Velociraptor. Clip | 1m 26s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Dr. Scott describes the velociraptor, which was a bird-like species covered with feathers. Aired 09/03/2009 ...

BIRDS ARE THE LAST DINOSAURS ... we see in the bird embryo are not identical to those of adult dinosaurs. This isn't a carbon copy of a T. rex hip or a Velociraptor hip — those are large, ...

The six-foot-tall raptors in the Jurassic Park movies were terrifying enough, but now scientists have described a giant new raptor species whose legs alone were that tall.

"If you looked at an artist's reconstruction of something like Velociraptor or Microraptor or a small feathered theropod dinosaur very closely related to birds, you would see that it pretty much ...

While the birds aren’t “perfect” analogues to the raptor dinosaurs, and there could still be anatomical differences between the two that may change how the claws function, researchers say it ...

In some cases, alongside fossilized feathers, archaeologists have also found fossilized melanosome structures, Davis says. “Those are pigments that make browns and greys and blacks,” she explains, ...