Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
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The pecking order at the bird feeder
While the man-made and woman-made gusts and microbursts whip Washington, D.C., into chaos, the only disturbances here are at ...
Remarkable Fossil Discovery Hints at Antarctic Origins of All Modern Birds
A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...
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Loon-like waterfowl from dinosaur-era Antarctica is oldest 'modern' bird
With a mouthful of teeth and long bony tails, the earliest birds were a far cry from modern ones ... It instead had a ...
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Scientists discover skull of oldest known modern bird
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...
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It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild
That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...
Helen Hays, Who Helped Bring Terns Back to Long Island Sound, Dies at 94
Beginning in 1969, she spent five months a year on Great Gull Island, leading teams of young volunteers devoted to preserving ...
Fossilised 69-million-year-old skull of oldest known modern bird discovered
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...