Researchers have discovered a set of a prehistoric bird footprints that date back to at least 120 million years ago. The tracks were found on the rocky coast of the state of Victoria in southeastern ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The shared history of birds and dinosaurs is well-established, but exactly how true birds evolved during the Mesozoic is a bit of a mystery. Adding to this conundrum are fossilized footprints of ...

Three-toed fossil footprints that date back more than 210 million years were pressed into soft mud by bipedal reptiles with feet like a bird’s, a new analysis of the tracks has revealed. The ...

About 50 million years ago, a small bird waded along a lakeshore in what today is central Oregon. A worm wriggled at its feet. The bird appeared to probe the silty earth with its beak, once, twice, ...

Wonthaggi bird tracks affected by modern erosion and marine organisms at Footprint Flats locality. Scale = 5 cm in all parts. Early birds had made it to southern polar environments by 120 million ...

The most ancient of these footprints, at over 210 million years old, are 60 million years older than the earliest known body fossils of true birds. It’s possible that these tracks were produced by ...

A new paleontological discovery reveals interesting stuff about the ancient birds from the Early Cretaceous period. According to the findings, there are oldest footprints believed to originate from ...

Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according to a new study. Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according ...