Fossilised skull of Vegavis iaai found in Antarctica dates to 69 millio Skull structure suggests links to modern ducks and geese Findings support theories on bird ...

The fossilized 69-million-year-old skull of the oldest known modern bird has been discovered. The early relatives of ducks and geese lived in Antarctica at around the same time Tyrannosaurus rex ...

STOCKTON, Calif. — A remarkable fossil discovery from Antarctica is rewriting the story of bird evolution. Scientists have unearthed an exceptionally well-preserved skull belonging to Vegavis iaai, a ...

But amid the global upheaval, certain birds – and the group that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese – found sanctuary in the temperate habitats of Antarctica. Now, an article published in the ...

The days of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s epic Hollywood romance may be long gone, but his body apparently still tells the ...

You already paid. You’re getting the blue one too.’ ” Blissfully ignorant, but soon to learn the disturbing truth, she went along with it. A few weeks later when her son started fourth grade and his ...

We can share these differences up close to kids with our replica bird skulls that we take to lessons. They’re made to look like the real thing, but are plastic, so they’re really durable for ...

Languages: English. The discovery of a remarkably near-complete fossil skull of the earliest known modern bird may help settle a long-standing debate about the evolutionary history of our ...

Ancient birds may have soared over their dinosaur relatives in the Late Jurassic. A new species found in China, known as Baminornis zhenghensis, shows that early birds already had some of their ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...