Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

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 ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near ... Fossil evidence suggests a temperate climate with lush vegetation, possibly serving as an incubator ...

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

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

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

Fossils of 'Early Modern Bird' Reveal It Existed Before the Asteroid Strike That Likely Wiped Out the Dinosaurs When a ...

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

The Chicxulub impactor smashed into Earth, wiped out around 75 percent of our planet’s animals and ended the Cretaceous ...