The bird was larger than the Mikado pheasant, Taiwan's biggest living endemic bird.

A 25,000-year-old fossilized “drumstick” is writing a new chapter for these flightless birds that terrorized the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. You might be surprised to know that Mexico is home to over ...

Once hunted to extinction, eight crested ibises make a remarkable comeback thanks to decades of captive breeding and an unlikely partnership with China ...

Have you heard the heartbreaking story of the last passenger pigeon to ever live? Flocks of this pigeon species were once so ...

A recent study of the 121-million-year-old fossil shows the bird had tail feathers twice the length of its body.

Flightless birds have had a rough go of it over the past few centuries, with many going extinct — the most iconic being the dodo bird. But not all have perished. Here are four flightless birds that ...

Environmental historian and author Daniel Lewis will deliver a free illustrated lecture based on his book “Belonging on an Island – Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai’i,” 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas company trying to bring extinct species back to life, reports creating artificial eggs that would be necessary to... To revive an extinct bird, you first need an ...

Looking to inform the conservation of critically endangered bird species, University of Utah biologists completed an analysis identifying traits that correlate with all 216 bird extinctions since 1500 ...

Independent scientists say the technology, while impressive, lacks some components to be truly considered an artificial egg.

Trevor Snyder pulls open an incubator and gently lifts out a device that looks like a high-tech coffee pod. It's black, with a honeycomb bottom. A clear flat top reveals what's inside. "This is a ...