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 ...
Skeleton of the terror bird Titanis walleri at the Florida Museum of Natural History. (Amanda via Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic) Fossil ...
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 ...
(CNN) — Millions of years ago, long-legged, big-beaked, meat-eating “terror birds” stalked the Americas. The imposing creatures ruled the roost as top predators ...
12 million years ago, a fearsome predator roamed the ancient landscapes of South America. It was a giant, flightless bird popularly known as a “terror bird.” And ...
A massive meat-eating bird sat high atop the food chain about 12 million years ago. Researchers analyzed a bone of the ...
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The bone, described two decades after its discovery, suggests the species might have grown up to 20 percent bigger than other terror birds Alexa Robles-Gil Daily ...
The heavy-beaked predators called terror birds sat at the top of the food chain for much of the past 65 million years. Now scientists have identified a fossil from ...