The skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

Among the many unique qualities of this long-extinct Antarctic bird, it seems to have been the earliest creature that could ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now Antarctica during the late Cretaceous period.

In a nutshell A newly discovered 69-million-year-old bird skull from Antarctica proves that modern birds were already diverse ...

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A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the early evolution ... an extinct duck-like bird that lived during the Late ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient world slept only 6.5 hours a night.

A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the early evolution of today’s birds and avian diversity at the end of the Age ...

A new dinosaur exhibit explores a different aspect of an ancient era by taking people under the sea and into the fascinating world of creatures living in prehistoric oceans. A sign for Expedition ...

"In many ways, Antarctica is the last frontier in humanity's understanding of life in the age of dinosaurs," said Matthew Lamanna, a researcher at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.

A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern bird, according to a study published in Nature. 66 million years ago ...