The egg, over 30 centimeters (11.81 inches) high, was laid by the now extinct elephant bird, a giant flightless bird indigenous to Madagascar, according to auction house Sotheby's.

An elephant was given a special treat when zookeepers set up an egg hunt to mark the Easter weekend. Four-year-old Elizabeth, the youngest of ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s herd of Asian elephants ...

Believed to be more than 400 years old and nearly 200 times the size of a chicken egg, an extremely rare elephant bird egg will be auctioned in London this week, with an estimated price tag of up ...

The elephant bird egg is in perfect condition – being intact with no cracks at all. Like a chicken egg, it is oval and cream-colored. But that is probably where the similarities stop. Size-wise ...

LONDON – A massive, partly fossilized egg laid by a now-extinct elephant bird has sold for more than double its estimate at a London auction. Christie's auction house said Wednesday that the ...

It was 10 feet tall and weighed more than 1,000 pounds. But that didn’t stop it from going extinct. An intact, fossilized specimen of the world’s largest egg—of any known species ever on ...

Christie's auction house said the foot-long, nearly nine-inches in diameter egg fetched 66,675 pounds ($99,250). It had been valued at 20,000 to 30,000 pounds pre-sale, and was sold to an ...

Mammoth elephant bird egg nets $100,000 bid at auction The oversized ovum is believed to date back before the 17th century. By Associated Press. Published April 24, 2013 2:43PM (EDT) ...

A rare bird egg is due to be auctioned at Sotheby's in London and it is thought it might fetch up to £50,000. The egg comes from the now extinct Elephant bird, which was a flightless bird ...

Elephant birds were once a common sight on Madagascar. They weighed at least half a tonne, stood at around 3m tall and laid giant eggs, which were bigger even than those of the dinosaurs.