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

The flightless bird went extinct 700 years ago. The reconstructed DNA of a New Zealand bird that went extinct about 700 years ago could change what we know about lost species and increase the ...

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

A 56 million-year-old fossil bone helps explain how this (mostly) flightless family of birds spread to so many different ...

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

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 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Research linking New Zealand’s diminutive kiwi with a giant extinct bird from Africa is prompting scientists to rethink how flightless birds evolved. A report published ...

Corrections made at the Michigan Duck Rescue and Sanctuary caused Michigan DNR to lift an order calling for euthanization of ...

The second and final world premiere musical of the 2025 season at Goodspeed Musicals’ Terris Theatre in Chester is a sprightly, extremely silly and unfortunately lightweight comedy about a real ...

Scientists have found a new species of flightless bird on Calayan Island in the Philippines, the conservation group BirdLife International said Tuesday. The rare find is dramatic because flightless ...

DNR says the Salem Township couple operating Michigan Duck Rescue and Sanctuary don't have the proper credentials or amenities to take wild waterfowl.