Paleontologists have made an "amazing" fossil discovery in Australia that has shed new light on a giant and enigmatic prehistoric goose-like bird. A team from Flinders University in Australia ...

but with early lineages of waterfowl diverging at the time. Its beak looked similar to that of birds we see around us today, such as the Australian magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata).

The skull of a prehistoric "giant goose" has been discovered in Australia. It belongs to a now extinct giant flightless bird that weighed 230kg (36 stone) - about five times as much as an emu.