Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

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

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

Our 21-day expedition cruise on the Seabourn Pursuit came with excursions throughout Antarctica, Falkland Islands, and ...

"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

Scientists and staff at Troll Research Station in Antarctica concluded their summer season this week. Most of the station’s staff went home to Norway on a charted Icelandair 767 via Cape Town. Learn a ...

“Atmospheric rivers” are bringing rain to the frozen slopes of the West Antarctic ice sheet, hitting the ice shelves that ...

A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...

A fossilised bird skull found in Antarctica reveals evolutionary links between Vegavis iaai and modern waterfowl species.

A newly discovered fossil in Antarctica, estimated to be 68 million years old, reveals the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis ...