Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

A team of geologists, paleontologists, and climate scientists with members from institutions in Mexico, the U.S., and Spain ...

Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old ... which would have offered a temperate climate with ...

Fossil evidence suggests a temperate climate with lush vegetation ... "And those few places with any substantial fossil record of Late Cretaceous birds, like Madagascar and Argentina, reveal ...

"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

Antarctica may have been a refuge for early waterfowl ancestors, shielding them from the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

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

The discovery of a 69-million-year-old bird fossil is reshaping our understanding of avian evolution.

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

Fossil evidence suggests a temperate climate with lush vegetation ... “And those few places with any substantial fossil record of Late Cretaceous birds, like Madagascar and Argentina, reveal ...