Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Modern-day eagles are large birds, but they’re nowhere near ...

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 Australia's ...

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 ...

Other vaguely similar birds include crowned pigeons and tooth-billed pigeons, but for a physically similar large, ground-dwelling bird (though unrelated), some might think of large, flightless birds ...

Imagine the possibility of resurrecting a species long thought to be permanently erased from our planet. A massive, flightless bird that vanished from New Zealand around 600 years ago might soon take ...

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 ...

Through analyzing fossil evidence, a research team at National Taiwan University (NTU) discovered the largest endemic bird to have lived in Taiwan, naming it Pavo miejue, or extinct peafowl (滅絕孔雀).

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Parrots are among the most vibrant and loquacious birds in ...

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 ...