EvolutionSeptember 16, 2025
New Fossils Could Help Solve Long-standing Mystery of Bird Migration
Tiny fossils hint at when birds began making their mind-blowing journey to the Arctic to breed
Stories by Lauren N. Wilson
Lauren N. Wilson is a Ph.D. student at Princeton University, where she studies the evolution and paleobiology of birds and reptiles. Her fieldwork has taken her to the badlands of Montana and the polar wilderness of Alaska's Northern Slope, among other locales.