The Yixian Formation in northeastern China is a regular treasure trove for paleontologists with its well-preserved fossils.
Between about 120 million and 130 million years ago, during the age of dinosaurs, temperate forests and lakes hosted a lively ...
Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over ...
Scientists say fossilized remains at The Yixian Formation in China were preserved by these events. The post Scientists solve ...
The Psittacosaurus dinosaur fossils discovered in the Yixian Formation stood out for their remarkable state of preservation.
The researchers determined that these fossils dated to a condensed period of about 125.8 million years ago, spanning less ...
The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals.
Researchers unearthed the skull of a previously unknown starling-sized bird species named Navaornis hestiae that was so well ...
The finds even included a cat-size mammal and a small dinosaur locked in mortal combat, stopped in mid-action when they died. The world's first known non-avian feathered dinosaurs showed up ...