The new fossil unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula of the ancient bird named Vegavis iaai dates to about 69 ...

New research suggests that the earliest dinosaurs may have originated in equatorial regions of Gondwana, encompassing the ...

Explore the mysterious origins of dinosaurs, tracing their evolution back to the arid, low-latitude regions of Gondwana, where early creatures adapted to extreme environments in the pursuit of ...

What if 65 million years ago a meteor had not struck Earth, contributing to the extinction of the dinosaurs? In 1982, ...

The discovery of a 69-million-year-old bird fossil is reshaping our understanding of avian evolution.

VEGA ISLAND: Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today’s loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in ...

A 69-million-year-old Antarctic fossil proves some birds thrived before the dinosaurs’ extinction, reshaping avian evolution ...

This exceptional preservation allows scientists to study the evolutionary continuity between non-avian dinosaurs and their bird descendants. The embryo’s position mirrors the “tucking ...

By comparison, Earth’s earliest dinosaurs were much smaller than their descendants. They were about the size of a dog or chicken, not 33,000 pounds like a Brontosaurus. Early dinosaurs were also ...

Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. An artist's reconstruction of the newly named dinosaur whose remains were destroyed in a 1944 WWII ... [+] air raid ...