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

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

In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link ...

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

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

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

A fearsome flesh-eating bird from the Phorusrhacid family - known as "terror birds" - may be the largest of its kind ever ...

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 kind but explained which ...

The fossil was on display in a museum, but unlabeled and hidden right under paleontologists’ noses for 20 years.

The previous tallest members of the family were almost 3 meters high, and this was probably substantially bigger.