University of Chicago paleontologist and author Neil Shubin has been on multiple expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Those trips have produced groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of ...

In a nutshell A newly discovered 69-million-year-old bird skull from Antarctica proves that modern birds were already diverse ...

Researchers at the University of Southern California say they’ve unraveled the mystery of why Earth’s inner core has been slowing, gradually altering the length of a ...

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

A 69-million-year-old Antarctic fossil proves some birds thrived before the dinosaurs’ extinction, reshaping avian evolution ...

However, scientists have been baffled to discover that the inner core is actually changing shape. By looking at the ...

A fossilised bird skull found in Antarctica reveals evolutionary links between Vegavis iaai and modern waterfowl species.

Study leader Dr Kirstie Jones-Williams, a PhD student working with British Antarctic Survey (BAS), said the findings ...

Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird.

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at ...

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

Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey have discovered microplastics in Antarctic snow near remote glaciers. This ...