After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
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Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird
A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...
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Ancient duck-like creature discovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever discovered
A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...
What can save the desert's most tenacious birds? Tiny underground apartments.
In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ...
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Chicago-area Jewish, Palestinian groups welcome news of Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
“We will struggle with that failure for the rest of our lives ... we shrink from the challenges of seeking a new, secure and peace-filled future for the Middle East.” He added, “This ...
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Crews in midair crash included 2nd-generation pilot and flight attendant ‘full of life’
Seven of the 67 people killed when an American Airlines jet collided midair with an Army helicopter were members of the two ...