For updates, follow Barney on social media @barneythedinosaur on TikTok and Instagram and @Barney on YouTube. Barney’s Worldwill also be followed by a linear premiere on Cartoon Network on Oct. 18.

“A giant bird that ate meat on the landscape—that’s fundamentally cool,” Cooke tells Discover magazine ’s Paul Smaglik. “And it’s so outside of what we are aware of today.” ...

In this case, a bird strike caused the plane's right engine to burst into flames just as the plane took off. The pilots shut down the engine and returned safely to the airport 50 minutes later.

In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link to the region’s evolutionary history.

Barney debuted in 1988 in the series “Barney & Friends” which aired for 14 seasons across multiple networks globally, including on PBS in the U.S. The series concluded Nov. 2, 2010.

According to a survey from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 96 million Americans are bird-watchers, or 37 percent of the population aged 16 and above.