Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 ...
We usually think of birds as small and delicate, but did you know that some of the biggest birds in the world have special ...
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They also estimated the bird’s weight to be 156 kilograms, about that of a giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), which would ...
The fossil was on display in a museum, but unlabeled and hidden right under paleontologists’ noses for 20 years.
This owl ranks among the largest and most powerful in the world and is the only known species to have ever killed a human. Adapted to hunt in dense forest habitats, this bird of prey is ...
The largest bird on Earth is the ostrich, which can stand as tall as 9 feet and weigh between 220 and 350 pounds. Although ...
Phorusrhacid birds, better known as "terror birds," were some of the most impressive predators to ever walk the Earth.
Birds are dying in record numbers this autumn by flying full-speed into Big Apple buildings, lured to their deaths by glassy ...
Birds are dying in record numbers this autumn by flying full-speed into Big Apple buildings, lured to their deaths by glassy ...