Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico ...
After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
First bird to roam Earth after dinosaurs were killed by asteroid revealed and it’s a relative of much-loved species
THE long-lost forefather of the beloved duck and goose has been discovered, after outliving the hardy dinosaurs. The ...
Bald Eagles Are Thriving Again After Near Extinction
While bald eagles are no longer endangered, conservationists remain vigilant. Ongoing monitoring, habitat preservation, and ...
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12 Animal Species On The Brink Of Extinction
Between climate change and the effects of humanity on the environment, many species have been harmed. Here are a few of them ...
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Rediscovered 45-million-year-old skull turns out to be a large, extinct bird species
A forgotten fossil in a German museum turned out to be a rare Diatryma skull. Scientists corrected a decades-old ...
There are Less Than 1,000 of These Birds Left in the Wild
The Madagascar heron, also known as Humblot’s heron, is a species of heron endemic to the north and west coasts of Madagascar ...
Bird Brains Exposed: The Digital Revolution in Avian Intelligence Research
Researchers have developed a method to study bird brains by creating digital endocasts from empty cranial spaces in bird ...
Rare bird sighting in Herefordshire after 'extinction' claim
A RARE species of bird has been spotted in Herefordshire after a wildlife trust claimed it was thought to be "locally extinct ...