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

The complete skull has been preserved almost intact, which scientists say is a rarity for any fossil bird - particularly for one so old. The three-dimensional preservation of the skull allowed the ...

Researchers have identified a remarkably well-preserved fossil bird, roughly the size of a starling, from the Mesozoic Era. The complete skull has been preserved almost intact: a rarity for any ...

The specimen, from northern Myanmar, consists of a bird-like skull trapped in 99-million-year-old amber. Writing in the prestigious journal Nature, researchers report that the dinosaur would have ...

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.