Despite being flightless, the ostriches of Africa have distant relations in Australia, New Zealand, and South America. All part of a group called the ratites, these birds share some common ...

The most common reasons birds have evolved to be flightless are a lack of predators or the development of an alternative skill, such as swimming. Discover the stories behind five iconic flightless ...

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

Flightless Bird sees journalist David Farrier learning about what makes America special, from his unique perspective as a ...

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation A petite, flightless grasshopper once thought to be extinct has been spotted in Virginia for the first time in nearly 80 years. The last time ...

Flightless birds, such as penguins and ostriches, evolve from ancestors capable of flight. When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies adapt more rapidly than their feathers.

In a new study in the journal Evolution, researchers compared the feathers and bodies of different species of flightless birds and their closest relatives who can still fly. They were able to ...