Researchers have identified a remarkably well-preserved fossil bird, roughly the size of a starling, from the Mesozoic Era.

The skull of a prehistoric "giant goose" has been discovered in Australia. It belongs to a now extinct giant flightless bird that weighed 230kg (36 stone) - about five times as much as an emu.

Now, a new, complete 120-million-year-old fossil bird from China further complicates this issue by exhibiting a dinosaur-like skull articulated with a bird-like body. In addition, the fossil ...