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

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

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 ...

For a second year in a row, John Ball Zoo has a penguin competing in a nationwide tournament. March of the Penguins Madness, ...

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

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

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 ...

Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...

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