Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-avian dinosaurs.

A newly discovered fossil provides strong evidence that modern birds lived alongside dinosaurs. The 69-million-year-old skull of Vegavis iaai, found in Antarctica, features a toothless beak and a brain structure similar to that of present-day birds.

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

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new research.

The discovery of a 6-inch (15 cm) fossil of a small bird, 150 million years old, reveals unexpected modern anatomical features. This fossil, named Baminornis zhenghensis, challenges our

The fossil of B. zhenghensis, a bird from the late Middle Jurassic period, was unveiled by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, alongside the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey,