Analysis of bones from now-extinct elephant birds could shed new light on the fate of the giant fowls. A team of scientists led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) studied skeletons of the ...

But more surprisingly, we identified a mystery eggshell from Madagascar’s far north as belonging to a novel lineage of large elephant birds that weighed 230kg and laid 3kg eggs. Although these birds ...

Giant eggshells reveal the secrets of Madagascar's elephant birds. Towering around nine feet tall – half of that neck – and weighing in at more than 300 pounds, ostriches are the biggest birds ...

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The team set out to collect elephant bird eggshells in 2006 from the southern half of Madagascar. Another researcher beat them to it, so the team instead focused on northern half of the island, CU ...

The African island of Madagascar was, until relatively recently, home to the largest birds that ever lived. Collectively known as "elephant birds", some species of these recently extinct ...

Before they were driven to extinction, giant elephant birds roamed Madagascar, weighing up to 2,000 pounds and towering 10 feet tall. A new analysis gives hints as to how many species there once were.

History has not been kind to the elephant bird of Madagascar. Standing nearly 10 feet tall and weighing up to 1,000 pounds — or so researchers believed — this flightless cousin of the ostrich ...

A chop mark on an elephant bird bone was probably made with a large, sharp tool. (Image credit: ZSL) Most of Madagascar's megafauna — including its elephant birds, hippos, giant tortoises and ...

New Zealand's iconic kiwi linked to closest relative, a giant bird that once lived 7,000 miles away in Madagascar. Study also suggests kiwis haven't always been flightless.

But there once was an even bigger bird, which roamed Madagascar before dying out roughly 1,000 years ago: the elephant bird. Scientists don't know much about these massive birds. But a study recently ...