Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...

New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future ...

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

New esearch shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future migration patterns.

Among the many unique qualities of this long-extinct Antarctic bird, it seems to have been the earliest creature that could ...

"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

In The Place for History, a bird once found in Missouri is now officially extinct and a German immigrant who lived in the ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

The critically endangered White-bellied Heron faces extinction due to habitat disturbance from human activities and predation ...

For example, modern birds are grouped into the Neornithes clade, because they all emerged from a common Neornithine ancestor ...