The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the ...

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

"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

Hesperornis was a large flightless bird that swam in the oceans and snared fish with a tooth-lined beak ... Hesperornis relied on its powerful hind legs and webbed feet to chase prey and evade ...

So far, the oldest-known bird fossil is the famous ... This odd, crow-sized creature had long legs and three toes tipped with claws; its jawbone and teeth were like those of a small dinosaur ...

Its jaws were lined with small, serrated teeth for shredding plants and, like most ornithischians, its mouth was tipped with a pointed beak. Long, muscular legs, hollow bones, and clawed feet ...

With a mouthful of teeth and long bony tails, the earliest birds were a far cry from modern ... to - modern loons and especially grebes. The legs were shifted towards the back of the body, an ...

"Longipteryx is one of my favorite fossil birds, because it's just so weird— it has this long skull, and teeth only at the tip of its beak," says Jingmai O'Connor, associate curator of fossil ...

A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...