One of the most infamous cautionary tales of humanity's follies, the reasons behind the extinction of the dodo are even more ...

The Galapagos Rail had not been seen on this island since Charles Darwin's visit to the archipelago in 1835, until now.

Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died out.

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

New research reveals that the extinction of New Zealand’s giant, flightless moa was inevitable after human arrival. Using ...

All nine Guam kingfishers released on Palmyra Atoll last September are alive and thriving in their new environment, marking a ...

The night parrot, once presumed extinct and later rediscovered, has had its largest known population discovered on Indigenous ...