Come and see the Antarctic Dinosaurs exhibit it opens Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Durham Museum, but they migrate away in May.

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

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

Fossils of 'Early Modern Bird' Reveal It Existed Before the Asteroid Strike That Likely Wiped Out the Dinosaurs When a ...

In a nutshell A newly discovered 69-million-year-old bird skull from Antarctica proves that modern birds were already diverse ...

Two hundred million years ago, icy Antarctica was a lush, temperate region, home to crocodile-sized amphibians and rhinoceros-sized dinosaurs. Guests to the Durham Museum will find realistic ...

"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

A newly discovered fossil in Antarctica, estimated to be 68 million years old, reveals the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis ...

This finding has shed new light on the evolutionary past of birds and revealed critical information about their survival and ...

Scientists identify Vegavis iaai, a 69 million-year-old bird from Antarctica, as the oldest-known relative of modern birds, ...

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.

Omaha’s Durham Museum is inviting visitors to take a trip back to 200 million years ago when Antarctica was home to crocodile ...