This finding has shed new light on the evolutionary past of birds and revealed critical information about their survival and ...

A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits linking it to today’s waterfowl.

A newly discovered fossil in Antarctica, estimated to be 68 million years old, reveals the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis ...

A skull fossil uncovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever found-a creature the size of a mallard […] ...

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Vegavis was the size of a mallard but did not have a bill like a duck. It instead had a spear-shaped beak like a loon. Its skeletal structure indicates that it dove for its dinner. "Vegavis almost ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related ... Many sported bizarre features such as toothed beaks and long, bony ...

Illustration image shows a Cretaceous Period bird called Vegavis iaai ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the challenging waters off Antarctica roughly 69 million years ago, just three ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature ... features such as toothed beaks and long, bony tails.