Fiona Pardington hopes an exhibition of her images of New Zealand’s extinct and endangered birds will encourage debate, as the nation weighs its environmental responsibilities.

A prehistoric bird that lived and died 120 million years ago has presented forensic paleontologists with a baffling medical mystery. Somehow, it managed to die with more than 800 tiny pebbles in its ...

A tiny prehistoric bird from the early Cretaceous has turned into one of the strangest death scenes in the fossil record, its last moments frozen with a throat packed full of stones. The animal, ...

Presumed extinct for more than 50 years, the wonderful takahē is still very much alive. As this Instagram post shows, it is a ...

Ever wonder how saber-toothed cats and other extinct creatures behaved? Well, a team of scientists unearthed ancient footprints that offer insight into how various prehistoric animals lived as far ...

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 ...

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 ...

Colossal Biosciences, Director Peter Jackson, Laker’s Owner Mark Walter and Texas Serial Entrepreneur Ben Lamm are involved in the epic Moa Comeback. Forget concussions or ACL tears. How about coming ...

True to their nickname, terror birds (Phorusrhacidae) are known as one of the largest and also the most fearsome birds to ever live. These were flightless birds with ...

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 ...