The Museum’s new exhibition, Dinosaurs Among Us, explores the continuities between living dinosaurs—birds—and their extinct ancestors, showcasing remarkable new evidence for what scientists now call one of the best-documented evolutionary transitions in the history of life.
The mass extinction that erased most dinosaurs 65 million years ago left a few bird lineages unscathed. Within only 15 million years—an evolutionary blink of an eye—all of the bird groups we're familiar with today were flourishing. These extraordinary living dinosaurs provide a vivid link to the ancient past.
Visit Dinosaurs Among Us to find out why we’re still living in the age of dinosaurs.