Using robotic and animal models, researchers have shown that some dinosaurs were already flapping their rudimentary wings as a side effect of running, prior to evolving the ability to fly. The finding ...

An early winged dinosaur couldn’t fly, but it could run. Now, with assists from a robotic dino and young ostriches wearing artificial wings, a study suggests that the dinosaur’s running gait caused ...

Flashy feathers get all the attention in the evolution of dinosaur flight, but a more complex internal adaptation provided the aerodynamics necessary for lizards to go airborne. Fossil analysis ...

Flight is a relatively rare ability. Many animals crawl, slither, burrow, walk and swim, but comparatively few have the ability to take to the air. There’s something about evolving the ability to fly ...

On the timeline of the evolution of flight in birds, gliding seems like a logical first step. But new research suggests that some species could have made the jump straight to flapping flight without a ...

FILE PHOTO: A Jurassic Period dinosaur Ambopteryx longibrachium, which flew with bat-like membranous wings, is shown in this image of a 3-D reconstruction, released from Institute of Vertebrate ...

A study finally gives the late-Jurassic dinosaur Archaeopteryx its wings, determining the beast was capable of powered flight. For decades, paleontologists debated whether Archaeopteryx used its wings ...

A small, feathered dinosaur that probably sported bat-like wing membranes might have been able to glide or fly short distances. The fossilized remains of the creature, unearthed in eastern China and ...

Researchers studying tracks fossilized in Cretaceous-era lakeshore mud in what is now South Korea argue this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the dinosaur footprints are ...

Like the Wright Brothers, evolution didn't get flight exactly right the first time. It takes experimentation to find the best design, and now palaeontologists have found one of nature's quirky side ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's upcoming crossover, Jurassic World Archipelago, could be the perfect thing to revitalize interest in the game. Microsoft Flight Sim's latest installment was released ...

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - A fossil unearthed in northeastern China of a feathered dinosaur a bit bigger than a blue jay that possessed bat-like wings represents a remarkable but short-lived detour ...