From Einstein-defying neutrinos to the discovery of an Earth-like planet: science editor Robin McKie on the year's biggest stories
A new study claims to re-establish the status of Archaeopteryx as the earliest bird – and not just another bird-like dinosaur
The fossil Archaeopteryx may not have been one of the earliest birds but just another feathered dinosaur, claim scientists
New find unearthed in rock formations in north-eastern China confirms birds evolved from dinosaurs, scientists claim
Palaeontologist made scientific gamble of his life in purchasing $1m fossil to prevent it being lost to private collection
Theories of the extraordinary evolutionary link between Archaeopteryx and modern birds date back 140 years
Birds? Reptiles? Fakes? Archaeopteryx fossils have been generating controversy since 1861. Paul Chambers investigates a very strange creature in Bones of Contention
Lost worlds revisited The new specimen forcing a radical rethink of Archaeopteryx