Researchers including a Johns Hopkins University evolutionary biologist report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird—which they say could be the largest known member of its ...

Known for their bright colours and loud screeches, scarlet macaws are iconic animals in the tropical forests of Central and South America. The macaws are the largest parrots in the world and some ...

12 million years ago, a fearsome predator roamed the ancient landscapes of South America. It was a giant, flightless bird popularly known as a “terror bird.” And ...

The sea mammals' population may slowly rebound, but in 2023 mutant bird flu killed an estimated ... to seal populations in five other South American countries. Lab investigations determined ...