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.

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.

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 ...

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.

A new tiny, winged dinosaur discovered in China is giving the world a glimpse into what feathered fauna looked like 120 million years ago. And it's thanks to what scientists are calling a one-of-a ...

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, ...

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 ...

Humans never walked the earth alongside dinosaurs – but if we had, undoubtedly we would have tried to barbeque a velociraptor. Or perhaps oven roast some T. rex.

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, ...

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.