Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

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

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 ...

Garry Linnell is one of Australia’s most experienced journalists. He has won several awards for his writing, including a ...

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...

The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird,Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs forcompany. 66 million years ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

Are those large, black birds crows or ravens ... If you get a closeup view, a raven’s beak is more robust than a crow’s. The upper beak is slightly curved and has a hook at the end.

But for many years, researchers did not fully understand how these minuscule creatures managed to disembark on the first flower a bird visited ... going down their beaks only when they touch ...

Whiskers Of Winter, Tuck asks for your help to find the perfect centerpiece to attract customers to shop at Tuck's Emporium. However, before he can open his shop and begin selling items, you must ...

When people were told the alien animals were feathered, they tended to imagine creatures that also had other bird features, like beaks or wings. Scientists called this structured imagination—the ...