In 1989, political scientist Francis Fukuyama predicted we were approaching the end of history. He meant that similar liberal ...

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

An artistic depiction of the Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean ...

Birds are the most diverse land vertebrates. Some studies suggest their earliest diversification dates back to the Jurassic ...

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

Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

This discovery extends the timeline for the evolution of key bird features by millions of years. “Previously, the oldest ...

Ever since I have been fortunate enough to appear in the Sports pages of this fine newspaper, I have written about fishing. There’s more to the outdoors, like hunting and nature and conservation, ...

But, alas, the mosasaurs were not dinosaurs. As with plesiosaurs, the biggest giveaway is its habitat: “With the exception of ...

Discover the remarkable bird fossil from Antarctica that is rewriting the story of bird evolution. Learn how this 69-million-year-old bird challenges previous theories.

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 ...