The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era. The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, is diving ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

The fossilized skull of a bird called Vegavis, which lived in the Antarctic some 68.7 million years ago, confirms it was an early member of the waterfowl group. However, the skull also suggests ...

It had been at 5.25% since August 2023, but the Monetary Policy Committee voted to cut it by 0.25 percentage points in August 2024, November 2024 and February 2025. The base rate hasn't been this low ...

A defence firm has been given the green light to use a former department store as an "experiential" learning facility. Westmorland and Furness Council approved BAE Systems' plans to use the former ...