Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

which made it difficult to confirm any claims of it being an early modern bird. In 2011, another Antarctic expedition ...

A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some of the earliest animals spent time on mudflats that were sometimes exposed to the air – a find that c ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...