A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

A newly studied Vegavis iaai skull from Antarctica confirms that modern bird lineages, like ducks and geese, were evolving alongside non-avian dinosaurs. This study supports Vegavis' placement in the ...

Analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA has illuminated 6,000 years of the lives of Adélie penguin colonies on Antarctica's Ross ...

The renewable energy system ensures stable power in Antarctica’s extreme conditions, and is estimated to cut fossil fuel use ...

Over 100 million years ago, Australia's dinosaurs shared links with South America's due to the continents' connection through Antarctica. Fossils reveal the presence of distinct theropods such as ...

"The findings not only expand Australia's theropod fossil record but offer compelling evidence of faunal interchange between Australia and South America through Antarctica during the Early Cretaceous.

The fossils discovered by Kotevski and his colleagues ... Southern Australia was close enough to the South Pole that it was within the Antarctic Circle during the Cretaceous, although the region ...

Scientists used one of Australia's most powerful supercomputers to model how melting ice sheets might change the Antarctic ...