Antarctica, a land now covered by a massive ice sheet, was once a lush and vibrant environment, teeming with prehistoric life ...
Scientists in Antarctica have discovered what may be ... a waterfowl species believed to be the ancient relative of modern-day ducks and geese. The species lived at the same time as dinosaurs ...
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.
As part of the Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project, research specialists have successfully extracted deep ice cores from ...
Studies of ancient DNA have tended to focus on frozen land in the northern hemisphere, where woolly mammoths and bison roamed. Meanwhile, Antarctica has received relatively little attention.