Scientists Just Found The Oldest Modern Bird Buried in the Antarctic Ice
For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai—an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...
Early mammals were all one color, study suggests
The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...
150-million-year-old fossil shows early bird diversification in the Jurassic Period
Scientists described two fossilized birds from the Jurassic period in a recent article published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, marking a "historic" discovery. Unearthed in the Zhenghe region ...
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Cretaceous Period
During this period, oceans formed as land shifted and broke out of one big supercontinent into smaller ones. 3 min read Continents were on the move in the Cretaceous, busy remodeling the shape and ...
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The Cretaceous Period: What was Earth like before dinosaurs went extinct?
You might know the Cretaceous Period for big animals such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, or for being the end of the age of dinosaurs. But what was the world like in the millions of years ...