Those of our readers who pay close attention to our masthead on the front page may have noted that The Chronicle hit a significant milestone this year.

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

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid impact triggered the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs. Yet, some early birds, ...

The 68 million-year-old fossil belongs to an extinct species of bird known as Vegavis iaai that lived at the end of the Cretaceous period, when Tyrannosaurus rex dominated North America and just ...

A Cretaceous Period bird called Vegavis iaai pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with nautilus-like ammonites and marine reptiles called ...

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 ...

Earlier this week, the 31st anniversary of the retirement of Hall of Fame Boston Celtics legendary forward Larry Bird getting his No. 33 jersey retired at the old Boston Garden arrived.

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