A newly studied Vegavis iaai skull from Antarctica confirms that modern bird lineages, like ducks and geese, were evolving ...

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

Biologists previously believed modern birds had evolved 20 million years later than the new evidence suggests.

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

An ancient bird that swam in Antarctica’s balmier waters 69 million years ago may be the earliest known waterfowl on Earth, scientists say. Birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the end ...

An Antarctic discovery might offer new insights into the origins of modern birds. The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis iaai, suggests that the key characteristics of ...

Cult Worshippers Offered Birds as Sacrifice in Pompeii to Please a Magician Goddess The ancient city of Pompeii in Italy was ...

Unlike findings in Madagascar and Argentina, where ancient birds had teeth and long tails, it seems Antarctica had a unique development path for birds.

Discover the remarkable 70-million-year-old dinosaur embryo found in Missouri, offering fresh insights into dinosaur ...

The new fossil unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula of the ancient bird named Vegavis iaai dates to about 69 million years ago, approximately three million years before the ...