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

South Island takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri) are a native species of New Zealand. They are a large, flightless bird with bright plumage. They were presumed extinct between 1898 and 1948. Despite some ...

The crested ibis conservation effort has been underway for decades. This bird species went extinct on Japan's Honshu island ...

Fossil remains of a large, now-extinct bird species have been discovered in Australia’s Boodjamulla National Park. The ground-dwelling species — Menura tyawanoides — is an ancient ancestor of ...

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 ...

The ivory-billed woodpecker, along with 22 other species of birds, fish, mussels and other wildlife, is set to be declared extinct and removed from the endangered species list, US wildlife officials ...

The bird is of cultural significance to the Māori people of New Zealand, and its numbers are starting to increase again.

These birds are large and flightless. Males can weigh nearly 6 pounds and grow up to 24 inches long, while females are slightly lighter. Both males and females have stunning plumage, with peacock-blue ...