ancient birds
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‘The Weirdest Fossil I’ve Ever Been Lucky Enough To Study’: Skull Found In Amber Reveals Tiny Toothed Bird
The tiny skull of a hummingbird-size dinosaur has been found trapped in amber, raising important questions about the evolution of birds and the surprisingly early trend toward miniaturisation.
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Birds Wasted No Time Taking Over The World Once The Dinosaurs Croaked
The fossilised remains of a tiny bird that lived 62 million years ago suggests that birds burst out of the evolutionary gates once their dinosaur cousins were gone, rapidly diversifying into most of the lineages we see today.
