With over 90 percent of Aotearoa's wetlands already lost, the bittern are also being lost at great rates.

A feather discovered inside 66-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur poop may help explain why modern birds survived the ...

For decades, cattle had grazed across large areas of what is now Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaii's Big ...

"We didn't ask to have the moa back. Whose decision was that?" ...

The dodo has been extinct for more than 300 years, but that isn't stopping Dallas' Colossal Biosciences from trying to resurrect the 3-foot-tall, flightless bird. On Sept. 17, the "de-extinction" ...

Everyone knows what a bird is – and pretty much everyone knows what a dinosaur is. But not everyone is aware that birds evolved from dinosaurs approximately 160 million years ago. In fact, birds and ...

A version of the dodo bird (Raphus cucullatus) could make a return someday soon. Colossal Biosciences announced this week several milestones in its quest to bring the extinct species back to life. On ...

CT scans of the world’s rarest dodo skulls suggest the extinct bird may have had a stronger sense of smell, a highly sensitive beak, and a lifestyle that extended into dawn and dusk. The discoveries ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. The Guam kingfisher is one of the most endangered bird species on the ...

"First printing, March 2016"--Title page verso. "Extinct Birds of Hawaiʻi captures the vanishing world of unique bird species that has slipped away in the Islands mostly due to human frivolity and ...