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

Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...

The fossil discovered at Sea-Tac Airport is at the Burke Museum, and named for the man who first came across it. Nearly 60% ...

A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...

Ancient bird Vegavis iaai, unearthed near Antarctica, holds the record as oldest lineage ancestor of all current birds. Fossil predates asteroid strike by three million years. Scientific community ...

The trouble is, they're probably near-impossible to reach. A paper produced in collaboration between the Department of Earth ...

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.

A team of researchers may have determined where fossils older than any we ... History Museum posited that while the oldest fossils that have been found to date are 230 million years old and ...

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

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

The lump of vomit —more scientifically referred to as ‘regurgitate’—was discovered by Peter Bennicke as he walked along the ...

Scientists in Alberta have discovered a fossilized neck bone of Cryodrakon boreas, hinting at an ancient croc attack.