The Florida scrub jay’s ancestors, along with 10 other bird species, arrived from the American West around 2 million years ago. Of these, only the ancestor of the burrowing owl and Florida scrub ...

Even with its large stature, the meat-eating bird was likely preyed upon by an even more giant creature— a caiman from the genus Purussaurus, a crocodilian thought to be over 30 feet (9 m) long ...

New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into ...

But around 13 million years ago, one of them may have fallen prey to an even larger creature, a team of paleontologists in Colombia have discovered after examining bite marks in a fossilized bone ...

This is a fascinating story of the interaction of two very iconic animals in the past,” the study’s lead author told NBC News ...

Published: February 18, 2025 1:09pm EST This reconstruction shows the extent of glaciers during the height of the last Ice Age some 20,000 years ago. Shulmeister et al, 2019, CC BY-SA ...

The FSJ’s ancestors, along with 10 other bird species, arrived from the American West around 2-million years ago. Of these, only the Burrowing Owl and the FSJ ancestor survived in Florida.