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

A fossil skull from a toothy early relative of today's birds shows a weirdly modern skull configuration, raising new questions about the early evolution of birds.

Fossil bird's skull reconstruction reveals a brain made for smelling and eyes made for daylight. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 10 ...

The recent discovery of a complete Genyornis newtoni skull has given scientists their first face-to-face encounter with the extinct, massive ‘thunder bird.’ ...

Geese have a reputation for being aggressive birds, so imagine one that’s more than 6.6 ft tall and weighs about 507 lb. That’s Genyornis newtoni, an Ice Age “thunder bird” from Australia ...

Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 foot-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in ...

Birds evolved from dinosaurs millions of years ago – but the route from these avian ancestors to now is largely mysterious. Scientists now have a new waypoint on this journey, thanks to the discovery ...

Fossilized Species Had the Body of a Bird and Skull of a Dinosaur This creature could help resolve the mystery of the T. rex turning into a chicken. Monisha Ravisetti Former Science Writer.

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature ...

For more than a century, scientists have been unsuccessfully hunting for skull fossils for the thunder bird species Genyornis newtoni. About 50,000 years ago, these titans, also known as mihirungs ...