One of the most infamous cautionary tales of humanity's follies, the reasons behind the extinction of the dodo are even more ...

Flightless Bird sees journalist David Farrier learning about what makes America special, from his unique perspective as a ...

By Bobby Bascomb The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since ...

New research reveals that the extinction of New Zealand’s giant, flightless moa was inevitable after human arrival. Using ...

Centre director Chloe Drew said Emma may have lived so long because he was "spoiled with lots of love and attention". The ...

What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke and a warning. When we see it as an ...

McCoy has been raising the flightless birds in Kuna since 2014. He said ostrich meat is a healthier alternative to red meat, with a lower fat content and similar taste. “It’s different, right? This is ...

Seteweela, a 14-year-old golden eagle originally from the San Francisco area, was rendered flightless at about the age of 3 ...

On this week's episode: big bird intelligence, astronauts should jump, sheep and human history, and a tiny great ape.

Study in Evolution journal compares flightless bird evolution, revealing how feathers and bodies change when birds lose flight ability.

The Galápagos rail (Laterallus spilonota) is a largely flightless bird and as such is particularly vulnerable to predation. The bird is found on several of the Galápagos islands, where Darwin ...