Nearly 12 million years ago, the largest "terror bird" ever discovered was attacked and killed by a massive caiman, a 3D analysis of its fossilized leg suggests ...

In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link to the region’s evolutionary history. César Perdomo, a rancher and ...

Millions of years ago, apex predators in the Phorusrhacidae family lived up to their more common name—terror birds. The mostly flightless, meat-eating dinosaur ...

Skeleton of the terror bird Titanis walleri at the Florida Museum of Natural History. (Amanda via Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic) (CN ...

The identification of part of the fossilized remains of a so-called "terror bird" species in South America has given researchers new insight into the apex predators ...

A FLESH-EATING bird has been uncovered after nearly 12 million years in a Colombian desert. Scientists revealed this extinct “Terror Bird” was the largest of its ...

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Poísis, an art student, heads to an enigmatic island, recently discovered due to the receding waters of the majestic Lake Prespa in Greece, a result of global warming. Gifted with the ability to ...

Millions of years ago, long-legged, big-beaked, meat-eating “terror birds” stalked the Americas. The imposing creatures ruled the roost as top predators of their ...