Fossil of an extinct Phorusrhacid "terror bird" in the Tatacoa Desert reveals insights into ancient predators and ecosystems.

The fossilized leg bone of the terror bird went unidentified for almost 20 years. Nearly 12 million years ago, the largest ...

The fossil of a massive predator called a terror bird that roamed South America 12 million years ago is from the largest ...

Terror birds were apex predators some 12 million years ago in South America. A newly published discovery could be the largest ...

A massive terror bird fossil, the largest of its kind, was recently uncovered in Colombia’s desert—shedding light on ancient ecosystems.

A Colombian rancher has discovered a fossilized bone that points to the existence of a giant terror bird species. The fossil, ...

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A 12-million-year-old fossil has revealed what may be the largest known "terror bird" ever found, according to paleontologists.

These formidable predators roamed Colombia’s Tatacoa Desert about 12 million years ago, alongside car-sized armadillos, ...

Researchers confirm the terror bird fossil 20 years after its South American discovery, comparing the creature to a massive, ...

While past terror bird fossils placed the meat-eating birds at 3 to 9 feet tall, new findings suggest that some were even ...

The mostly flightless, meat-eating dinosaur descendents were the size of dogs at their smallest, but the largest known ...