A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the ...

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

A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the early evolution of ...

A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...

Roam the primitive forests and thick swamps with bizarre dinosaurs and colossal amphibians ... Welcome to the lost prehistoric world of Gondwana. Welcome to Antarctica. Runtime is approximately 20 ...

It dated back roughly 68 million years to the Cretaceous Period, a geological era that saw some of today’s most recognizable dinosaurs, including the Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. During this ...

Skull of ancient bird Vegavis is 69 million years old Key traits define Vegavis as anatomically modern bird Antarctica had a ...

Two hundred million years ago, icy Antarctica was a lush, temperate region, home to crocodile-sized amphibians and rhinoceros-sized dinosaurs.

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