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 ...

The discovery of a remarkably near-complete fossil skull of the earliest known modern bird may help settle a ... at which time it was argued to be an early member of the modern birds—but more ...

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