Scientists recently discovered the fossilised remains of a giant “terror bird" in South America’s Tatacoa Desert which has ...

They also estimated the bird’s weight to be 156 kilograms, about that of a giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), which would ...

Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 ...

The bone, described two decades after its discovery, suggests the species might have grown up to 20 percent bigger than other ...

The fossilized leg bone of a giant “terror bird” discovered in Colombia provides new insights into ancient South American ecosystems, suggesting the bird was a major predator in a once-lush region ...

Phorusrhacid birds, better known as "terror birds," were some of the most impressive predators to ever walk the Earth.