Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's ...

The bird has a short tail ending in a pygostyle, an important aerodynamic innovation moving the center of mass forward toward the wings.

FUZHOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might ...

The second fossil is incomplete, consisting solely of a furcula. The researchers performed geometric morphometric and ...

A research team led by Professor WANG Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of ...

From a study that analyzed brain images of more than 2,500 people with Parkinson's disease in 20 different countries, ...

Starting with supporting better diagnosis. "The morphometric data we obtained with this work are sensitive and reproducible measures that allow us to support clinical diagnosis. With the wealth of ...

Researchers have confirmed the presence of a soupfin shark in the Salish Sea, an area where they were not previously thought to inhabit.