Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail feathers. While the feathers probably didn’t help the ...

At 5.5 inches from head to tail, the hummingbird-size fossil is the first of its kind to be uncovered in South America, and one of the oldest known bird fossils from Gondwana, a supercontinent ...

The bird had tail feathers that were more than 150 per cent the length of its body; Y. kompsosoura was part of an extinct group wiped out along with the dinosaurs; By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE.

This 120-million-year-old bird may have been one of the first to shake its tail feathers The magpie-sized Yuanchuavis probably wasn’t a strong flyer, but it did dress to impress. By Kate Baggaley ...

The new ancient bird fossil showing a pair of elongated tail feathers. Image: M. Wang et al., 2021/Current Biology Introducing Yuanchuavis, an extinct bird that lived 120 million years ago in what ...

It was a small bird, about the size of a bluejay, but its tail was more than 150% the length of its body. And the tail’s length isn’t the only unusual thing about it.

It was a small bird, about the size of a bluejay, but its tail was more than 150% the length of its body. And the tail's length isn't the only unusual thing about it.

Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived around 150 million years ago and had a short tail like those of ...

Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail feathers. While the feathers probably didn’t help the ...

Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail feathers. While the feathers probably didn’t help the ...