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

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

A fossilised bird skull found in Antarctica reveals evolutionary links between Vegavis iaai and modern waterfowl species.

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

Paleontologists have uncovered an exceptionally complete skull of a massive bird that lived 45 million years ago. This fossilized skull belonged to now-extinct Diatryma, a flightless bird that reached ...

Antarctica has been called the ‘final frontier’ for humanity’s understanding of life when dinosaurs roamed the planet ...

VEGA ISLAND: Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today’s loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in ...

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

An international team of researchers report on the bird's fully preserved skull. The fossil was unearthed in the 1950s in a former lignite mining area in the Geiseltal in Germany. It was initially ...

Their study, published in the journal, Biology Letters, found that museum skulls of long-dead birds can provide surprisingly detailed information on a species’ brain, including the size of the ...

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 ...