Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the world of biology. Bird populations in mainland Australia have proved surprisingly resilient against a wide range of ..

The largest bird ever to fly were the Teratorns (a type of Condor), the largest of which, Argentavis magnificens, had a wingspan of 3 metres, and weighed 120kg. The heaviest extinct bird ...

The birds are extinct. Some stories report that dodos were easy to catch and describe herding the birds to the ship for slaughter. Other stories state that no dodo bones were found in the middens6.

This story appears in the September 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. First comes the Noise, the turbulent din of king penguins calling, fighting, courting, like the ultimate schoolyard ...

They shouldn't even be called birds because an aggressive dinosaur with a beak isn't remotely similar to the cute sparrows in ...

Among the bird species in Hawaii declared extinct include the Kauai akialoa, Kauai nukupu’u, Kauai ‘o’o (honeyeater), large Kauai thrush (kama), Maui ‘akepa, Maui nukupu’u, Molokai ...

A student may have discovered a rare exotic bird believed to be extinct in Britain. Known as Lady Amherst’s pheasant, the fowl is definitely a sight to be seen. It has a red crest with ...

At Devon Point Farm, Taylor and his wife, Patty, raise heritage pigs and Devon beef cattle, an ancient breed of hardy cows extinct in their ... call of the aptly named bird: “Bob White ...

Mufasa: The Lion King is coming to cinemas this Christmas, and we now have the first trailer for the prequel movie. The trailer was debuted today (April 29) on Good Morning America, which airs on ...

A near-extinct breed of bird is booming again according to the latest figures from the RSPB. Bitterns vanished from Britain in the 1870s and, after making a comeback, almost went extinct again in ...