Sometimes finding a skeleton in a closet can be a good thing -- if you’re a paleontologist. Meet Pelagornis sandersi, a giant bird with a wingspan 21 feet across —-- so wide that it could have been ...

We asked our friends at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville to spotlight something fascinating about our state. Look! Up in the sky! If you thought dodging seagull droppings during ...

CHARLESTON — The publication of paleontologist Dr. Daniel Ksepka’s paper, “Flight Performance of the Largest Volant Bird,” which was released this month, has created a lot of buzz worldwide. Everyone ...

The largest flying bird known to ever have lived has now been revealed, an extinct giant with a wingspan more than twice the size of the largest living flying bird, researchers say. These findings ...

The Charleston Museum has fossils galore. An impressive collection at America’s oldest museum includes displays of anything from megalodon teeth to bones of an extinct, massive bird species. And ...

Daniel Ksepka, paleontologist, penguin enthusiast and science curator of the Bruce Museum, was listed among the 40 Under 40-year-old professionals who have produced outstanding work in Fairfield ...