Antarctic skull sheds light on ancient birds 69 million years ago - Antarctica has been called the ‘final frontier’ for ...

Researchers have discovered that massive beaks and strong bites hinder the velocity of beak movement in songbirds. The ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

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.

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...

A woman in Arizona has no need of a feline farmhand when she has a flock of feathered fiends to keep rats at bay.

Scientists have discovered the first South American scorpion known to spray venom, using a costly but effective defence ...

Awards have been announced, and the results are breathtaking! This year’s competition saw over 11,000 entries from 61 ...

The elf owl, the smallest owl in the world, inhabits the deserts of the southwestern US and Mexico. Measuring 12-14 cm and ...

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If you've ever stopped at an airport convenience shop or gassed up at a truck stop or shopped at a gag-gift store, you've seen them: scorpion lollipops. Or, as they are officially known ...