In 1992, a paleontologist unearthed the fossil of a prehistoric bird called "Vegavis iaai" in Antarctica and hypothesized that it was an early relative of today's ducks and geese. However, because the ...

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species ...

What does the megaberg heading for South Georgia Island near the Antarcitc mean for the penguins, birds, and seals that make it their home.

A trip to a local pond brings a whole new respect knowing the beaked inhabitants evolved when T-Rexes were still around.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

A recent theory proposes that whales weren’t just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have ...