This finding has shed new light on the evolutionary past of birds and revealed critical information about their survival and ...

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

A newly discovered fossil in Antarctica, estimated to be 68 million years old, reveals the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis ...

A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits linking it to today’s waterfowl.

This evidence comes from a nearly complete, 69-million-year-old skull of an extinct bird, named Vegavis iaai. The fossil is ...

A skull fossil uncovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever found-a creature the size of a mallard […] ...

The early relatives of ducks and geese lived in Antarctica at around the same time Tyrannosaurus rex dominated North America ...

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 ...

A new study by Ohio University found an important fossil of the oldest known modern bird, which lived in Antarctica when ...

Flickr/Photos By Clark Wildlife enthusiasts, it’s time to go, go, go. In 2025, the San Diego Zoo offers a chance to see some ...

Once abundant on Socorro Island, part of Mexico’s Revillagigedo Archipelago, the Socorro dove was last seen in the wild over 50 years ago.

In this forest thick with trees up to 600 years old lives the southernmost population of the California condor (Gymnogyps ...