A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica has been identified as a relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest known modern bird. It belongs to a species that was first identified two ...

After birds began to evolve separately from dinosaurs at the end of the Jurassic period (around 150 million years ago), two groups of species developed. The Enantiorinthes, which had teeth and clawed ...

3D modeling shows how larger brains triggered changes in jaw muscles and joint mechanics that powered a flexible feeding ...

A recent study found a nearly complete skull in Antarctica that may belong to an ancient ancestor of ducks and geese called Vegavis iaai. This species lived around 68 million years ago. It could ...

ABBIE HUTTY: Hi, I'm Abbie and I'm a mechanical engineer. I design the structural parts of spacecraft, like satellites. Today, I'm at a lovely nature reserve with pupils from Wroxham School in ...