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Credit: Mark Witton, 2025. Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird. This ancient bird, called Vegavis iaai ...

A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica has been identified as a relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest known modern bird ... in Sydney says this ancient species has been ...

Recent discoveries in science have shed light on events from millions of years ago to the present. Scientists have identified a newly unearthed Antarctic bird fossil as Vegavis iaai, the oldest-known ...

An Antarctic discovery might offer new insights into the origins of modern birds. The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis iaai, suggests that the key characteristics of ...

Such was the value of honey as a commodity that the Egyptian hieroglyph for ‘bee’ came to be used as the symbol for the ruler of Lower Egypt. In ancient Greece, bees and honey were a significant ...

Magic was a part of everyday life for the ancient Egyptians. They believed that dark powers were everywhere and that they ...

Skeletal drawing of the crown bird Vegavis iaai that lived in Antarctica 69 million years ago. (Image credit: Christopher Torres/ University of the Pacific) The giant asteroid that hit Earth at ...