Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

The skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

An artistic depiction of the Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean ...

Scientists have revealed that a 69-million-year-old animal skull discovered in Antarctica belongs to the oldest known modern bird. This bird, an ancient relative of ducks and geese, lived on the ...

Scientists now have a new waypoint on this journey, thanks to the discovery of a fossil skull from an ancient bird known as Vegavis iaai. While the species itself was named more than 20 years ago, its ...

An urgent recall has been made by Birds Eye over allergy concerns. The recall concerns a batch of Goodfella's Stonebaked Thin Garlic Bread, sold at Co-op, due to undeclared milk. The mislabelled ...

The fossilized 69-million-year-old skull of the oldest known modern bird has been discovered. The early relatives of ducks and geese lived in Antarctica at around the same time Tyrannosaurus rex ...

A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica belonged to what scientists say is the oldest known modern bird. An early relative of the continent’s ducks and geese, it lived off the Antarctic ...

A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica belonged to what scientists say is the oldest known modern bird. An early relative of the continent’s ducks and geese, it lived off the Antarctic coast ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...