Two fossils suggest that birds were thriving and diversifying in China as the Jurassic Period closed, new research reveals.

Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...

The bird has a short tail ending in a pygostyle, an important aerodynamic innovation moving the center of mass forward toward ...

The fossil sheds light on interactions within the Cretaceous food web and may represent the first record of this type of ...

Three dinosaur-themed bounce houses await and there’s a Jurassic Quest gift shop called the Dino Store, which sells ...

A research team led by Professor Wang Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the ...

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

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

Discover the remarkable bird fossil from Antarctica that is rewriting the story of bird evolution. Learn how this 69-million-year-old bird challenges previous theories.

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. Sixty-six ...

Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 02 / 250205131109.htm ...