Such an epic creature seems to have a niche following within the paleontology community, as studying the avian offers insight into the ecological roles and evolution of modern predatory birds.

A bird of prey or a raptor is a bird that hunts and eats other animals. Because the prey is often large relative to the predator, these birds are equipped with sharp, hooked bills to tear into ...

Wildlife ranger filmed unusual fight between flightless bird, or takahē, & country’s largest reptile, a tuatara, chasing each other & biting, officials said.

Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 million years ago.

But these giant dinosaurs weren't alone in their ecosystem, and in a paper in the journal PLOS ONE, scientists describe two new species of birds that lived alongside these dinosaurs 68 million ...