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 ...

Colossal Biosciences, a genetic engineering startup based in Dallas, wants to revive the moa, a flightless bird species that predated humans on New Zealand’s two main islands before vanishing about ...

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.

It was home to T. rex, triceratops, the stocky and fiesty Ankylosaur, and more before most dinosaurs went extinct about 68 million years ago. When Clark first saw these fossils, they didn’t ...

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.

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 ...