Scientists can learn a lot about extinct animals by studying their footprints, bones and even teeth. But, while insightful, these artifacts don’t always paint a complete picture of an ancient creature ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

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

The fossil was found at a cliff in Denmark. Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil, which ...

Fossilized feces—also known as “coprolites”—can ... are using fossilized dung to learn more about the diets of extinct flightless birds called moa that once roamed around New Zealand.