Among the many unique qualities of this long-extinct Antarctic bird, it seems to have been the earliest creature that could sing.

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery

Researchers have discovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China, featuring a short tail structure that could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. As detailed in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature,

The short-tailed find with the forelimb of a raptor is an extremely rare example of the transition from dinosaurs to birds Chinese palaeontologists have found what could be the world's oldest bird fossil,