Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

Fossil Expeditions: Braving Antarctica’s Extremes Uncovering these ancient penguin fossils is no easy feat. Scientists must brave freezing temperatures, blizzards, and treacherous terrain to ...

By slicing and examining tusks from six Lystrosaurus fossils found in Antarctica and comparing them with four others from South Africa, scientists spotted a clear pattern. The Antarctic tusks showed ...

Were 600 Million-Year-Old Fossils of Tiny Humanoids Found in Antarctica? Nicknamed the "Hobbit," Homo floresiensis is considered to be the smallest known human species.

Until now, Antarctica was the only continent on Earth without any known amber fossils. But sediment cores taken from below the seafloor have revealed a tiny piece of fossilized resin holding ...

Paleontologists have found the first complete skull of a controversial prehistoric bird. Known as Vegavis iaai, the bird thrived in late-Cretaceous Antarctica, then a tropical paradise. About a ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new ...

A rare fossil discovery in Antarctica has upended scientific understanding of ancient marine reptiles. Buried beneath 68 million years of sediment, a soft-shelled egg as big as a football has ...

The fossil, a nearly complete, 69-million-year-old skull, belongs to an extinct bird named Vegavis iaai, and was collected during a 2011 expedition by the Antarctic Peninsula Paleontology Project.

Antarctica, far from the ... V. iaai was first described about 20 years ago, from an Antarctic fossil dating to between 66 million and 68 million years ago.

The fossil examined in the study, collected during a 2011 expedition by the Antarctic Peninsula Paleontology Project, was found encased in rock that dated back 68.4 to 69.2 million years and ...