Remarkable Fossil Discovery Hints at Antarctic Origins of All Modern Birds
A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...
Skull fossil discovery reveals oldest known modern bird
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
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Ancient duck-like creature discovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever discovered
A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...
After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
The Search for the Original Silly Goose in the Fossil Record
Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs.
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Scientists discover skull of oldest known modern bird
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...
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Fossilised 69-million-year-old skull of oldest known modern bird discovered
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era.
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The Bones Of A 230-Million-Year-Old ‘Edward Scissorhands’ Reptile Were Just Discovered On A Brazilian Farm
A rice farm in southern Brazil was just found to be home to the fossil of one of the missing links between the ground-based ...
The Secrets Of Nature: 20 Winners Of Close-Up Photographer Of The Year
A battle of beetles has won this contest celebrating close-up, macro, and micro photography revealing amazing hidden wonders ...
The Birds’ Guide to Surviving Winter
Wilson’s warblers do not visit feeders, All About Birds reports, but if these tiny insectivores are out of luck in winter in ...
Finally, scientists get a penguin’s-eye-view of the world
This is typically done by sampling their feces or what is inside the stomachs of dead birds, but this new method will help ...