Divers discover 500,000-year-old fossils in a Florida sinkhole on the Steinhatchee River, revealing the existence of ancient ...

They had “very large claws on their forelimbs” and were “covered in thick hair,” the Illinois State Museum said.

Ancient scavengers of the beached beasts turned their bones into implements that spread across a large area, researchers say.

After 128 years of exploration and fossil excavation, researchers have finally unearthed the skull of Genyornis newtoni.