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

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...

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

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

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.

Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with severe infections in humans, according to the Nevada Department of ...

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections.

In this forest thick with trees up to 600 years old lives the southernmost population of the California condor (Gymnogyps ...

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...

Forest fragmentation is considered one of the main threats to biodiversity. Many believe this primarily affects small creatures like amphibians and small mammals, while mobile creatures such as birds ...