A newly discovered fossil in Antarctica, estimated to be 68 million years old, reveals the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai. This duck-sized bird had a mixture of modern and ancient features ...

The oldest evidence of a modern bird was found on Vega Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. Image credit: Jin Meng / American Museum of Natural History As scientists continue to explore the Cretaceous ...

A 69 million-year-old skull fossil discovered in Antarctica is an ancient relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest known modern bird. Credits: El fosilmaníaco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia ...

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 ...

In recent scientific developments, researchers have unveiled a fossilized avian skull identified as Vegavis iaai, marking it as the oldest-known ancestor to modern birds. Unearthed on Vega Island, ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

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That would make the findings the world’s oldest delphinid fossils. The specimens were discovered by Hajime Nakajima, a 68-year-old resident of Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, 20 to 40 years ago in an ...