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

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

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.

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

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

It comes after an American bio-engineering company, Colossal Biosciences, told RNZ it’s interested in extinct New Zealand ...

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

Department of Conservation kākāriki karaka operations manager Wayne Beggs told Morning Report the birds have been declared ...