Like the phoenix, Australia’s giant birds of prey rise again from limestone caves

Reconstruction of the giant eagle (Dynatoaetus pachyosteus), as part of new artwork at the Naracoorte Caves in SA’s Limestone Coast region. Credit: John Barrie

Australia’s only vulture, and a fearsome extinct eagle, are among the earliest recorded birds of prey from the Pleistocene period more than 50,000 years ago—and now Flinders University researchers are bringing them to life again.

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