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Winter Carnival goes prehistoric with ‘Jurassic Parka’ theme
The annual celebration will feature dinosaur-themed events — such as a “Dino Dinner” — film screenings and the annual Polar Bear Plunge.
66 million years ago, Antarctica was lush, temperate, and home to the oldest modern bird and T-Rex
A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern bird, according to a study published in Nature.
Remarkable Fossil Discovery Hints at Antarctic Origins of All Modern Birds
A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...
After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
Craig Melvin
Travel to Connecticut where Craig Melvin has filled his home with memories of his childhood and is making new ones with his ...
Don Johnson’s Heart Was ‘Doing Double Backflips’ When He Filmed with His Untrained Pet Alligator on Miami Vice
Don Johnson remembered working with Elvis the alligator, who was untrained, on 'Miami Vice.' The actor said his heart was ...
The Search for the Original Silly Goose in the Fossil Record
Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs.
Antarctic skull sheds light on ancient birds 69 million years ago
Antarctica has been called the ‘final frontier’ for humanity’s understanding of life when dinosaurs roamed the planet ...
Fossilised 69-million-year-old skull of oldest known modern bird discovered
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...
Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico ...
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Scientists discover skull of oldest known modern bird
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...
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69-million-year-old duck-like bird from dinosaur era discovered in Antarctica
This evidence comes from a nearly complete, 69-million-year-old skull of an extinct bird, named Vegavis iaai.  The fossil ...