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Palaeontologists are trying to uncover the mystery behind tooth marks left in the bones of a terror bird 13 million years ago. The flightless and flesh-eating bird ...

It’s a name that strikes fear, and with good reason. These “super predators” from the Phorusrhacidae were a family of massive carnivorous birds that were among the largest predators of their time. A ...

About 13 million years ago in a vast South American wetland, colossal predators clashed. The fossilised bone from an enormous flightless bird found in Colombia shows tooth marks made by a giant caiman ...