A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...
The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the ...
A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...
Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous waters off Antarctica. Thanks to a nearly complete fossil skull, ...
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
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.
Antarctic skull sheds light on ancient birds 69 million years ago - Antarctica has been called the ‘final frontier’ for ...
A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...
Vegavis, an ancient bird from Antarctica, identified as the oldest modern bird ancestor with specialized fish-hunting adaptations.