An artistic depiction of the Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean ...

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"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

This evidence comes from a nearly complete, 69-million-year-old skull of an extinct bird, named Vegavis iaai. The fossil is ...

Antarctica may have been a refuge for early waterfowl ancestors, shielding them from the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

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.

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

If there is one thing Dan Lanning will do each year with the Oregon Ducks, it is recruit at a high level. While wins and losses on the field are what matter in the end, it is the wins off the field ...

“That is a moment that I will take with me to my grave,” says Tamara Lanier, describing the first time she saw the image of her ancestor, an enslaved man known by his descendants as Papa Rent ...

The festival lasts until the following full moon. The holiday began as a time for feasting and to honor household and heavenly deities, as well as ancestors. The Chinese zodiac, or Sheng Xiao (生肖), is ...

ANAHEIM — The Ducks went toe-to-toe with the defending champions through two periods on Tuesday night, but they were tucked away summarily in the third as the Florida Panthers prevailed ...