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 ...

In the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers now dominate the landscape, scientists have unearthed a fossil that ...

A 69-million-year-old fossilized skull unearthed in Antarctica could rewrite the history of modern birds. The nearly complete ...

A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...

Antarctica may have been a refuge for early waterfowl ancestors, shielding them from the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

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

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico ...

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

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

Study suggests dinosaurs originated in the Amazon, but their fossils are missing. They started as small, bipedal creatures in ...

The fossil was found at a cliff in Denmark. Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil, which ...