It’s already baffling how many incredible and strange creatures can be found on planet Earth, with there being well over 8 ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

Paleontologists have made an "amazing" fossil discovery in Australia that has shed new light on a giant and enigmatic prehistoric goose-like bird ... species that went extinct around 45,000 ...

Paleontologists have uncovered an exceptionally complete skull of a massive bird that lived 45 million years ago. This ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

To determine this rate of decline, an international team of paleogenetisicts examined DNA samples from 158 leg bones belonging to three species of Moa, extinct giant birds from New Zealand. The bones ...

Inside, between rows of incubators and microscopes, Beth Shapiro and her team are attempting a feat straight out of science fiction: reviving the dodo, a bird that’s been extinct for more than ...

While this number may still seem modest, it represents an incredible recovery for a bird once presumed extinct. The takahe is currently listed as “Endangered” on the IUCN Red List, reflecting ...

Professor Iwaniuk adds that the study provides support for existing research by other scientists—including for critically endangered modern birds or perhaps even species gone extinct.