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 ...

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 dodo wasn’t as daffy a duck as we once thought. Despite their dim reputation, evolutionary biologists have learned that the infamously extinct bird, hunted out of existence by humans in the ...

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.