Skull fossil discovery reveals oldest known modern bird
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
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Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird
A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...
Loon-like waterfowl from dinosaur-era Antarctica is oldest 'modern' bird
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 ...
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Reptile Pictures & Facts
Reptiles are air-breathing vertebrates covered in special skin made up of scales, bony plates ... the temperature of their environment. Unlike birds and mammals, reptiles do not maintain a ...
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Turtles & Tortoises
Turtles are reptiles of the order Chelonii or Testudines characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell ... along with other reptiles (including birds) and mammals. Like other amniotes ...