On New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands, scientists have uncovered the story of a bird that defied expectations, the Rēkohu ...

Ostriches, emus, rheas and other large, flightless birds are found on six landmasses separated by oceans, but how they reached such far-apart places without the ability to fly has remained an enduring ...

Despite the common belief that reptiles such as crocodiles and alligators are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, ...

Penguins and polar bears do not share icy landscapes. Penguins evolved in the Southern Hemisphere, adapting to cold waters ...

Researchers have found New Zealand's endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in the locations where six species of moa last lived before going extinct. Researchers have found New Zealand's ...

3D modeling shows how larger brains triggered changes in jaw muscles and joint mechanics that powered a flexible feeding system for modern birds. Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs.

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human settlers first arrived on the country’s two main islands. Now, a Texas-based ...

For almost 200 years, no one knew where the last living great auks were. Using DNA testing, one of them was found in ...

In 1932, an unlikely conflict unfolded in Western Australia that left military leaders puzzled and historians amazed. Over 20 ...

In some good news for the world’s only flightless parrots, the birds have managed to avoid dangerous antibiotic-resistant ...