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The world’s most dangerous bird is at risk of extinction
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAt the beginning of 2024, about 144 new species were added to Australia’s growing list of animals...
Australia's fearsome 'dinosaur bird' stares down extinction
The Raw Story· 3 days agoWith legs like a velociraptor and a striking neon blue neck, the southern cassowary cuts a fearsome...
Meet the 'Giga-Goose,' a 500-Pound Ice Age Bird
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAn Ice Age bird that weighed twice as much as an ostrich was adapted for the water, say a team of researchers who recently studied fossils from creature,...
Rare skull of an extinct, massive ‘thunder bird’ discovered in Australia | CNN
CNN.com· 4 days agoFor more than a century, scientists have been unsuccessfully hunting for skull fossils for the...
Giant 500-pound geese once honked around the Australian outback
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAustralia has always been a biodiversity hotspot, with some gnarly extinct megafauna in its natural...
What ancient Australian megafauna bird looked like finally revealed by skull discovery
Cosmos· 5 days agoNow, a skull fossil described in a Historical Biology paper, provides new insight into the ancient...
First Intact Skull Of Australia’s Terrifying Extinct “Giga-goose” Revealed
IFLScience· 5 days agoSeveral fossil remnants of a huge bird called Genyornis newtoni, including the first intact skull,...
Paleontologists Uncover Rare Skull of 500-Pound 'Thunder Bird' in Australia
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoUntil about 45,000 years ago, a giant, flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni roamed Australia....
New fossils show what Australia’s giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds’ looked like – and offer clues...
The Conversation· 5 days agoUntil around 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to a giant flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni, which was two metres tall and weighed up to 230 kilograms. Palaeontologists first discovered ...