A prehistoric bird that lived and died 120 million years ago has presented forensic paleontologists with a baffling medical mystery. Somehow, it managed to die with more than 800 tiny pebbles in its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Argentavis magnificent© Radomil / CC BY-SA 3.0 The post Too Big to Flap? The Prehistoric Bird so Massive it Could Barely Fly ...

Tiny fossil fragments discovered in northern Alaska have revealed that ancient birds were nesting in the Arctic at least 73 million years ago, a full 30 million years earlier than previously believed.

Despite the common belief that reptiles such as crocodiles and alligators are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, birds actually provide the strongest link to these ancient creatures. All ...

Around 120 million years ago, a bird swallowed over 800 tiny stones and choked to death as a result. Paleontologists aren’t sure why. Like many recent fossil “discoveries,” researchers with the Field ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - A group of researchers discovered ancient bird nests that held unexpected treasures - hundreds of historical artifacts stolen by mischievous medieval birds. Spanish ...

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Believed to have existed since ancient times, the prehistoric Takahe birds of New Zealand have become a success story for conservation. The birds, which were declared extinct in 1898, have now begun ...

Newly discovered bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds have been breeding and nesting in the Arctic for at least 73 million years. “Which is kind of crazy, because it’s not easy to live in the ...

Navaornis hestiae (center) documents a previously unknown intermediate stage in the evolution of the central nervous system between the earliest birds (like Archaeopteryx on the left) and living birds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long before humans walked the Earth, the skies of South America were ruled by a colossal bird. Argentavis magnificens, one of the ...