“They are the only group of birds that achieved the role of terrestrial apex predators, evolving species that basically conquered South America during the Miocene (about 23.03 million to 5.33 ...

Nearly 20 years ago, while repairing a fence on his ranch in Colombia, fossil collector César Perdomo found the middle leg bone of a bird. The 12-million-year-old fossil, known as a tibiotarsus ...

The collection also contains older fossil bird specimens from the Eocene, Miocene and Pleistocene. In addition to recently extinct species, like moas and elephant birds the Museum also cares for older ...