In the sandy shores of New Zealand’s South Island, a remarkable discovery has rewritten the history of penguins. Fossil bones from two newly-described species have emerged from the depths of time. One ...

While most penguin species mate with the same partners as the year before during the breeding season, their bonds may not ...

In the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers now dominate the landscape, scientists have unearthed a fossil that ...

The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to our ... Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have ...

Vegavis, an ancient bird from Antarctica, identified as the oldest modern bird ancestor with specialized fish-hunting adaptations.

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

Norwegian state-backed group Equinor cut its green targets to boost shareholder value. And France's TotalEnergies will invest ...

The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis iaai, suggests that the key characteristics of modern birds were already in place 69 million years ago. Birds evolved from ...

This scenario assumes a future socio-economic development depending on fossil and non-fossil energy sources in balanced proportions ... In the period 1993–2009, the Adélie penguin colony at Edmonson ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins swung a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night. The Penguins traded defenseman Marcus Pettersson after months of trade rumors around him. He goes to the Canucks ...

Penguins aren't the paragons of everlasting love that we often paint them out to be. In a megacolony of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor), researchers in Australia have calculated a 'divorce' rate ...