Researchers have long assumed that a tube in the famous Pikaia fossil ran along the animal’s back. But a new study turned the ...
A team from Flinders University in Australia uncovered a nearly complete fossil skull of the "giga-goose," Genyornis newtoni —a flightless species that went extinct around 45,000 years ago—a study ...
We’ve known for a long time that birds are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, but new clues are shedding light on a ...
Until about 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to a giant flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni, which was 2 meters tall ...
Geese have a reputation for being aggressive, unpleasant birds, so imagine one that’s more than 2 m (6.6 ft) tall and weighs about 230 kg (507 lb). That’s Genyornis newtoni, an Ice Age ...
The most complete skull of the extinct, flightless bird ever found has revealed adaptations that might have made the creature well-adapted for a life near water Will Sullivan Daily Correspondent ...
Researchers from Flinders University have uncovered partial fossils of a 45,000-year-old prehistoric bird in Far North SA.
Australia’s prehistoric thunder birds – once thought to be the ancestors of emus – were, in fact, the biggest geese that ever lived. The group has been reclassified following the analysis of ...
Excavated from a gravel pit near Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, the fossil includes part of the pterosaur's wing bone, which was broken into three pieces but still well-preserved. Experts from ...
A person in Mexico caught the world's first laboratory-confirmed case of H5N2 bird flu in humans and died of the infection. A person in Mexico has died after catching the first known human case of ...
Plans have been submitted to Gateshead Council to enhance a Kittiwake nesting tower to help improve chick birthrates. Council ...
Trevor H. Worthy has received funding from the Australian Research Council in the past. Jacob C. Blokland and Phoebe ...