Lucas Atwell CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyone knows about the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs. About 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide asteroid slammed into our planet and began a mass ...

Scientists have confirmed that a set of skeletal fossils discovered in southern China belonged to duck-billed dinosaurs from ...

BEIJING -- Scientists have confirmed that a set of skeletal fossils discovered in southern China belonged to duck-billed ...

Scientists think they know where the missing pieces to the puzzle of the evolution of dinosaurs could be found.

Reduced contribution of sulfur to the mass extinction associated with the Chicxulub impact event. Nature Communications , 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55145-6 Cite This Page : ...

Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird.

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

The discovery of a 69-million-year-old bird fossil is reshaping our understanding of avian evolution.

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

The fossil is a specimen of a species called Vegavis iaai, which lived around 69 million years ago – more than 2 million ...