The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird,Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs forcompany. 66 million years ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

Sometimes people underestimate the importance of beaks, bills, and rostrums in identifying species. Yet, a beak can make all ...

A shy spotted species with a yellow beak and yellow legs, the bird is critically endangered, as detailed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "It's an extraordinary long-lived species that ...

FAA data analyzed by Newsday shows the number of bird strikes voluntarily reported by airports in New York City and Long Island has increased by 46% between 2009 and 2023. NewsdayTV's Shari ...

On a long-haul flight, there’s nothing worse than ... Last year, a team of scientists discovered that birds seem to ‘buddy up’ with other species at stopover sites during migration, but ...

BERRIEN TOWNSHIP — The chickens at Sunshine Acres in Berrien Township hopped around the coop as they took turns sitting in the nest boxes, oblivious to the national attention surrounding what ...

The vigilance paid off when, in April 2023, a team at the university and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, noted a steady, months-long ... A small black hole would ...

Jammu, Jan 14 (ANI): The Black Hornet (Nano Drone) is helping Indian Army in situations where enemy, terrorists have taken shelter in a house or building. This small and silent drone can be sent ...