A recent study found a nearly complete skull in Antarctica that may belong to an ancient ancestor of ducks and geese called Vegavis iaai. This species lived around 68 million years ago ...

The discovery of a nearly complete skull from the extinct bird Vegavis iaai suggests that the ancestors of today’s birds coexisted with dinosaurs before the infamous Chicxulub impactor wiped out ...

Scientists have analysed a nearly complete fossilised bird skull found in Antarctica, dating back 69 million years. Identified as Vegavis iaai, the specimen is closely related to modern ducks and ...

Credit: Andrew McAfee (Carnegie Museum of Natural History), 2025. A newly studied Vegavis iaai skull from Antarctica confirms that modern bird lineages, like ducks and geese, were evolving alongside ...

Scientists have analysed a nearly complete fossilised bird skull found in Antarctica, dating back 69 million years. Identified as Vegavis iaai, the specimen is closely related to modern ducks and ...

“The new fossil expands that similarity to the skull,” Torres added, showing that Vegavis had a beak suited to fish hunting along with musculature adapted for pursuit diving, like loons and grebes.

Not only that, the couple had a trophy of their own, the skull of a green sea turtle, and it was with them aboard that very plane. The passengers in the row ahead were sure to have listened with ...

Latheef's body was found on a chair in the drawing room with his skull shattered in pieces. Latheef's wife, Sajitha, was allegedly attacked from behind by the accused while in the kitchen ...

Police said Afan allegedly struck Latheef on the head with a hammer more than 20 times, literally shattering his skull. Latheef's body was found on a chair in the drawing room. A neighbour ...

Why did prehistoric people on the Iberian Peninsula sever the heads of some of their dead and put iron nails in their skulls? This question has been debated by archaeologists for years and we ...

Languages: English. The ancient Iberian practice of severing the heads of the dead, driving a giant nail through their skulls and putting them on display may have been more complex than we thought.