The repeated evolution of huge birds is part of the dinosaurian legacy. Beaked birds were the only dinosaurs to have survived ...

Birds of prey refer to over 560 species of predatory birds that soar above the rest near the top of the food chain. While ...

In the vast plains of ancient South America, millions of years ago, a menacing shadow loomed over the grasslands. It wasn’t a dinosaur or a mammalian predator, but a colossal bird that dominated the ...

Multiple of these vicious birds roamed South America during the time ... these birds ran on two toes and used a third for pinning prey, Buckley says. Living ostriches walk and run on two-toed ...

Oldest-Known Birds of Prey Lived Alongside T. Rex in North America By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In western North America during the twilight of the dinosaur age, the unquestioned ruler ...

The existence of any prehistoric apex predators in the islands of the Caribbean used to be doubted. While their absence would have probably made it even more of a paradise for prey animals, fossils ...

Last year, the society announced a plan to do just that. The goal was to rename over a hundred North and South American birds, to purge bird names of links to racism and colonialism without having ...

With a 70-inch wingspan, they are large birds. They are found on all continents except Antarctica. In South America, they are considered non ... angle and go into the water feet first to grab the prey ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - In western North America during the twilight of ... including - as new fossils show - the oldest-known birds of prey. Researchers have discovered in Montana the ...