A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that ...

In June 1844, farmers Jón Brandsson and Sigurður Ísleifsson, along with 12 others, made the perilous journey by boat from Iceland to the island of Eldey. They were searching for great auks ...

In “Silent Skies,” an exhibition of her paintings and drawings of critically endangered and extinct birds on display at the Pacific Beach/Taylor Library through Friday, she hopes to highlight ...

The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō was well known for its clear, flute-like calls. Both male and female birds sang, each with their own distinct call, and often joined together in a beautiful duet.

The birds species was previously extinct in central Europe. Animals. Meet the scientist teaching a once-extinct bird species how to migrate for the winter. August 30, 2024 4:31 PM ET.

A Famously Extinct Bird, Reconsidered. A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird.

Hawaii's unique birds, known as honeycreepers, are being wiped out by mosquitoes carrying avian malaria. The birds' last hope could be more mosquitoes, designed to crash their own population.

The reconstructed DNA of a New Zealand bird that went extinct about 700 years ago could change what we know about lost species and increase the potential of reviving them, scientists said.

Jackson told USA TODAY he asked the genetics wizards at the company, referencing the species of flightless birds which were indigenous to New Zealand but went extinct about 600 years ago.

For more than a century, scientists have been unsuccessfully hunting for skull fossils for the thunder bird species Genyornis newtoni. About 50,000 years ago, these titans, also known as mihirungs ...