A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

Several factors contributed to the survival of crocodiles, turtles, lizards and birds 66 million years ago, say our readers ...

Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...

In 1992, a paleontologist unearthed the fossil of a prehistoric bird called "Vegavis iaai" in Antarctica and hypothesized that it was an early relative of today's ducks and geese. However, because the ...

The fossilized skull of a bird called Vegavis, which lived in the Antarctic some 68.7 million years ago, confirms it was an early member of the waterfowl group. However, the skull also suggests ...

Previous studies have posited that the mass ... the related Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary layer, the international team has demonstrated that the role of sulfur during the extinction ...

The Late Cretaceous modern (crown ... But for the early ancestors of today’s waterfowl, surviving that mass extinction event was like…water off a duck’s back. Location matters, as Antarctica ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period ... surviving that mass extinction event was like ... water off a duck's back. Location matters, as Antarctica may have served ...