By revisiting a fossil unearthed decades ago, paleontologists identified a new type of modified skin jutting out from the ...

During the Triassic period nearly 250 million years ago, a small reptile scurried after insects in the canopy of a lush ...

It suggests that such complex appendages already evolved among reptiles before the origin of birds and their closest ...

A 247-million-year-old fossil reptile boasted an enormous crest on its back made from feather-like appendages, long before ...

Is it possible that feathers weren’t the first extravagant skin appendages in reptiles? The recent discovery of Mirasaura grauvogeli’s remarkable dorsal crest has upended long-held assumptions about ...

Preserved in tan stone, the fossil of Mirasaura included much of the ancient reptile’s skeleton and a feather-like fan that ...

Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away ...

A strange crest found on ancient reptile fossils suggests birds and dinosaurs may not have the exclusive lock on feather-like ...

Mirasaura provides the first direct evidence that complex skin appendages appeared early during reptile evolution and are not ...

Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park has done it again. The famed fossil-rich ground has provided paleontologists a ...

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...

The end-Triassic extinction, which happened 201 million years ago, was Earth’s third most severe extinction event since the dawn of animal life. Like today, CO 2 rise and global warming were ...