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 E-Mail IMAGE: A reconstruction of the bohaiornithid Sulcavis, a close relative of Bohaiornis guoi, hunting an insect. view more  Credit: © S. Abramowicz, Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. It's hard to know what prehistoric animals' lives were like--even answering seemingly simple questions, like what they ate, can be a challenge. Sometimes, paleontologists get lucky, and pristine fossils will preserve an animal's stomach contents or provide other clues. In a new study in Frontiers in Earth Science, researchers investigating the fossil of a bird tha...

Quartz in ancient bird stomach sheds new light on what it would have eaten A bizzare, never-before-seen form of preservation could shed new light on a primeval type of bird. Figuring out the lifestyle of animals can be difficult even for today’s creatures — but for those that lived over 100 million years ago, it’s a massive challenge. But sometimes, researchers get lucky and find unusual fossils that shed new light on these ancient creatures. A reconstruction of the bohaiornithid Sulcavis, a close relative of Bohaiornis guoi, hunting an insect. Image credits: S. Abramowicz, Dinosaur In...