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 ...

In a fossilised leg bone of one of the huge birds, four deep teeth marks have been discovered, prompting professor Andrés Link of the University of the Andes in Colombia to search for what might ...

Towering up to 10 feet tall with massive beaks and terrifying speed, these giant flightless birds dominated South America for millions of years.

There are no signs of healing on the bone, suggesting that the bird did not survive the bite. The lack of gnaw marks on the bone hints at the mark-maker’s identity: mammals tend to gnaw, whereas ...