The bottom two show the equivalent structures in a modern vulture, and how feathers are attached to them. The quill knobs also suggest that Velociraptor‘s feathers had a distinctly modern style.

Given its short arms compared to modern birds, the velociraptor would not be taking to the skies any time soon—or well in the past, as the case may be. The authors postulate that the feathers ...

Velociraptor lived during the late Cretaceous ... The new finding is just the latest example of how remarkably alike modern day birds and their closely related dinosaur ancestors were, said ...

An international team of paleontologists has found evidence that may change the modern understanding of the Tyrannosaurus rex and velociraptor. A paper published in the journal Science released ...

The velociraptor in the current study stood about three feet tall, was about five feet long, and weighed about 30 pounds. Combined with its relatively short forelimbs compared to a modern bird ...