A Chinese-led research team have made what they say is the first discovery of a fossil skeleton of an owl that lived more than six million years ago and was active in daytime. Most owl species are active at night, but a few are diurnal – active during the day and resting at night. The researchers analysed eye bones from.
Paleontologists have discovered the amazingly well-preserved fossil skeleton of an extinct owl that lived more than six million years ago in northwestern China.
The small bird, which lived in what is now China, is the earliest example of a bird being able to stick its tongue out, which is found in today s ducks, hummingbirds and woodpeckers.