“They are the only group of birds that achieved the role of terrestrial apex predators, evolving species that basically conquered South America during the Miocene (about 23.03 million to 5.33 ...

Scientists have found what could be the largest "terror bird" ever known, from a fossil in Colombia's Tatacoa Desert, according to the journal Papers in Palaeontology ...

The collection also contains older fossil bird specimens from the Eocene, Miocene and Pleistocene. In addition to recently extinct species, like moas and elephant birds the Museum also cares for older ...