Examining the bird’s genes could also help researchers ... Then, discover the prehistoric beast called the “Siberian unicorn” whose discovery shocked scientists.

The startup behind a Harvard geneticist's quest to revive the wholly mammoth just received a big boost. Colossal Biosciences, co-founded by Harvard's George Church, raised $200 million in Series C ...

Now, a team of researchers has analyzed a 69-million-year-old fossil belonging to the long-extinct bird Vegavis iaai that could put the discussion to rest. As detailed in a study published ...

I write about the world of biology. South Island takahe—a prehistoric-looking flightless bird endemic to New Zealand's rugged ... [+] landscapes—have become a shining beacon of conservation ...

Inside, between rows of incubators and microscopes, Beth Shapiro and her team are attempting a feat straight out of science fiction: reviving the dodo, a bird that’s been extinct for more than ...

The 68 million-year-old fossil belongs to an extinct species of bird known as Vegavis iaai that lived at the end of the Cretaceous period, when Tyrannosaurus rex dominated North America and just ...

A recently discovered species of extinct bird has been named, believe it or not, after long-running alt-country outfit Lucero. The bird, which lived in the late Cretaceous period between 71 and 75 ...

A nearly-complete, 69million-year-old fossil of the long-extinct bird named Vegavis iaai supports this theory. It was collected during a 2011 expedition by the Antarctic Peninsula Paleontology ...

(CNN) — A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

Then, with a few powerful wing strokes, the beast takes off ... stands on the beach gazing at the birds through binoculars. Watching coastal birds helps Padian envision the time when pterosaurs ...