Analysis of 216 extinct species by biologists found birds endemic to islands, occupied ecologically specific niche, lacking flight, with large bodies and sharply angled wings were the ones likely to ...

Learn about extinct bird species of North America, including passenger pigeons, seaside sparrows, the ivory-billed woodpecker ...

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 ...

Everyone knows what a bird is – and pretty much everyone knows what a dinosaur is. But not everyone is aware that birds evolved from dinosaurs approximately 160 million years ago. In fact, birds and ...

Scientists believe the dire wolf diverged from modern wolf-like creatures about 5.7 million years ago. The common ancestor of ...

Using ancient DNA extracted from the toe bone of a museum specimen, biologists have sequenced the genome of an extinct, flightless bird called the little bush moa, shedding light into an unknown ...

A long-lost prehistoric bird species makes a triumphant comeback in its native land after being considered extinct.

A once-extinct bird is laying eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. Sihek, a now-endangered bird returned to the wild in 2024, has laid wild eggs in its new home in Hawaii, according ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The IUCN Red List, which assesses the extinction risk of ...

Thousands of mosquitoes, encased in cardboard tubes, are loaded into a helicopter by Aidan Callahan, Layla Rohde and Nicole Ferguson of the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project, part of a novel strategy ...

John Woinarski is affiliated with Charles Darwin University, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and the Biodiversity Council. Sarah Legge receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is ...