Ancient fossils from Alaska reveal birds nested in the Arctic 73 million years ago, challenging previous assumptions about ...

The skull's shape is somewhere between that of troodontids -- bird-like theropod dinosaur that inhabited Earth from the Late Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous period -- and those of more derived ...

The paper documents the earliest known evidence of birds nesting in polar regions. Each spring, the Arctic comes alive with the sounds of chirping and the arrival of fluffy hatchlings, as millions of ...

Fossil discoveries in central Utah reveal a diverse ecosystem 100 million years ago, with at least six distinct types of ...

Newly Discovered Fossils Reveal Birds Have Been Nesting in the Arctic Circle for Almost 73 Million Years Ancient fossils have ...

Analysis of feathers trapped in amber sheds new light on evolutionary path that led to early birds’ ability to fly.

New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific mystery. The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird ...

A team of researchers recently set out to northern Alaska to collect avian fossils — and discovered the earliest known ...

Spring has sprung in the Arctic, and baby birds are making their way out into the world.Rewind 73 million years ago - it was the same story.That ...

The researchers analyzed rare fossils of hatchling birds found in northern Alaska, which offered the earliest evidence of the ...

Over 50 bird bones were recovered, some of them so small and delicate that finding them intact was a rare feat.

In the case of flightless birds, the biggest isn’t always the most terrifying. It is the third-biggest flightless bird that ...