In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

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.

What happens when the biodiversity witnessed by one generation fades into memory the next? These questions are crossroads at ...

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

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion ...

A blast of radio waves from the outskirts of an ancient galaxy challenges theories about what creates such bursts.

Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California ...

FAU, SeaWorld San Diego, and the San Diego Natural History Museum have joined forces to scan the rare skeleton of the vaquita ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

Elon Musk’s Fork in the Road isn’t just a sculpture—it’s a monument to the tech world’s obsession with civilizational ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...