In 2005, paleontologists first identified Vegavis iaai based on a fossil found in Antarctica, dating back 68 million years. But that specimen was missing most of its skull, making it difficult to ...

Astronomers studying ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the Hydra cluster have observed unexpected rotational movement in nearly half of the 30 galaxies examined. Spectroscopic data from the LEWIS ...

A large network of ancient irrigation canals has been discovered in Iraq’s Eridu region, dating back over 3,000 years. The system, with over 200 major canals and 4,000 smaller ones, was used to ...

A pair of Vegavis iaai, the earliest known modern bird at 69 million years ago, foraging for fish and other animals in the Late Cretaceous ocean off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: ...

A Cretaceous Period bird called Vegavis iaai dives for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula in this illustration released Feb. 5. Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a ...

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