New fossil shows that precise wasp mimicry in hoverflies evolved far earlier than previously thought—and wasn't shaped by ...

Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than ...

Bread has been intricately woven into human history for thousands of years, and ancient Greece was no exception.

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient ... and Roman art of birds with women ...

Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been ... began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity.

One pair from ancient Greece features granulated gold eagles perched beside tiny green enamel birds, which is expected ... calls the jewelry “wearable art.” Some, however, have been or can ...

was clearly inspired by the much more ancient trackways. Theropods were a group of bipedal, often carnivorous creatures that includes T. rex and all modern birds. Sauropods were massive ...

This ancient structure was originally ... The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: accession no. 30.4.134). The birds in the painting are exceptionally lifelike and probably depicted birds ...

offering a glimpse into the artistry and craftsmanship of ancient Greece," Ivan Bonchev, director of Apollo Art Auctions, told Live Science in an email. Related: 2,500-year-old Illyrian helmet ...

An Antarctic discovery might offer new insights into the origins of modern birds. The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis iaai, suggests that the key characteristics of ...

A 67-million-year-old bird skull has overturned an established theory about how modern birds evolved. Unlike most modern birds, the flightless group that includes ostriches and emus can’t move ...

It’s the first time that a new lineage of elephant bird has been identified from ancient eggshells alone, a pioneering achievement which will allow scientists to learn more about the diversity of ...