Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Argentavis magnificens was so massive it should’ve stayed ...

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Birds are often admired for their lightness—feathers, fragile bones, effortless flight. But in rare cases, nature scales up. Some species grow so large that their ability to take off and stay airborne ...