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

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

A once-thought extinct native bird is now beating the odds, with a further release of 18 birds into the Rees Valley near ...

This finding has shed new light on the evolutionary past of birds and revealed critical information about their survival and ...

Estimated to be 68 million years old, the fossil belongs to Vegavis iaai, an extinct bird species that lived during the late Cretaceous period. This was the era when Tyrannosaurus rex roamed North ...

Fossils of 'Early Modern Bird' Reveal It Existed Before the Asteroid Strike That Likely Wiped Out the Dinosaurs When a ...

It’s already baffling how many incredible and strange creatures can be found on planet Earth, with there being well over 8 ...

The fossil, a nearly complete, 69-million-year-old skull, belongs to an extinct bird named Vegavis iaai and was collected during a 2011 expedition by the Antarctic Peninsula Palaeontology Project.

Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California ...

Conservationists are making a Valentine’s Day plea to protect African penguins that can mate for life. The birds, which are ...

With a history going back millions of years, the monogamous bird, often referred to as the ‘master of reforestation’ is now ...