Among the many unique qualities of this long-extinct Antarctic bird, it seems to have been the earliest creature that could ...

During the course of her career, Shapiro searched for DNA-rich fossils in frigid permafrost ... no one was sure what type of bird the dodo was. “This was a genuine mystery,” Shapiro said.

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By Patricia A. Scheyer NKyTribune reporter Lindsey Kiser is a true artist. Her creations are so beautiful and so intricate, they take the breath away. Everyone has seen pictures of hummingbirds, but ...

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

Wang Min, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, speaks ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Two bird fossils from Jurassic-era rocks in Fujian, China, dating back 149 million years, provide significant insights into early bird evolution. One fossil ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

A recent fossil find fills in a glaring prehistoric bird gap. The Jurassic period claims Archaeopteryx (sometimes called adeinonychosaurian dinosaur), which, despite their feathered wings, appear more ...

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. A fossil unearthed in Antarctica has ...