Jan 4, 2023 · Despite being fossilised for millions of years, the microscopic structure of bone (histology) is preserved intact and gives us a unique glimpse at how the animal grew when it was alive.

Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Cape Town, explains how analyzing the bones of extinct avian behemoths made it possible to learn how they grew so big. The largest flightless bird found anywhere in the world today is the ostrich.

Dec 29, 2021 · Recent paleontological investigation from Australia revealed that a bone disease and drought inflicted the lifestyle of thunderbirds in the contitent before they went extinct 48,000 years ago.

Jun 10, 2024 · New fossil finds have revealed the appearance of these ancient "thunderbirds" and helped us understand why they became extinct. Genyornis Newtoni was two meters tall and weighed up to 230...

Dec 14, 2021 · Genyornis newtoni was one of the biggest birds ever to walk the earth. And new research shows its mysterious extinction may have come amid a bout of widespread bone disease as its lake home...

Aug 23, 2022 · Big bones from the extinct ‘thunder bird’ or dromornithid, excavated in the northern reaches of the Flinders Ranges and a near Alice Springs, have yielded new insights into their breeding patterns.

Big bones from the extinct ‘thunder bird’ or dromornithid indicate that while their size and breeding cycle gradually changed over millennia, they ultimately could not keep pace with the environmental changes around them. The specimens were excavated in the northern Flinders Ranges (mountain range) and near Alice Springs in Australia.

Jul 21, 2023 · Dromornis stirtoni, nicknamed the thunderbird. It lived in the late Miocene period of Australia, about 8 million years ago. It stands about 2.5 metres tall and can weigh up to 240kg.

Jan 4, 2023 · So we looked at the bone microstructure of the most recent member of the "thunderbird" lineage—another giant flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni. It went extinct only about 40,000...

"Planet of Bones" is a three-part Zero-X miniseries published weekly by Anderson Entertainment over June 2020. It is an adaptation of comic story Into the Planet of Bones, with a full voice cast and additional animation based off the original artwork.