Imagine a world where forests stretched endlessly, and strange, powerful beasts prowled the land—creatures so fierce and ...

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Artist’s reconstruction of the last known toothed bird, Janavis finalidens, in its original environment surrounded by the co-occurring ‘wonderchicken’, Asteriornis. 66.7 million years ago ...

The Ichthyornis is a toothed bird that links birds with reptiles. Robert Lorenz / Yale Peabody Museum When visitors go to the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, they are not exactly wrong to ...

A paleontological discovery has been made in central and eastern Oregon, offering new insights into prehistoric times.

Artist’s reconstruction of the world’s last known toothed bird, Janavis finalidens. This reconstruction is based on the original fossil bones of Janavis and comparisons with its close relative ...

Two small bird tracks were found along with beak marks ... found in a volcanic ash layer may belong to a nimravid, a saber-toothed bobcat-sized animal. "These tracks offer a rare window into ...