A Comanche-led conservation project takes on an increasingly urgent mission: protecting the birds revered by many tribes ...

Among these flying birds, also known as pterosaurs, which one was the most dangerous? According to pteros.com, Hatzegopteryx ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

Garden City’s Lee Richardson Zoo, early this month, announced the arrival of a giant anteater from a zoo in Fresno, ...

The ostrich is the planet’s largest living bird. A big male can stand 9 feet tall and weigh over 300 pounds, and the female ...

Penguins are a bit different from other flightless birds. They haven’t just lost the ability to fly– their wings have completely changed shape, turning into strong flippers made for swimming.

Imagine a bird so large that it dwarfs even the mighty ostrich, the present-day titan of flightless birds. Meet the Aepyornis, commonly known as the elephant bird, a creature of extraordinary ...

Flightless birds have had a rough go of it over the past few centuries, ... Though they can’t fly, emus make up for it with long strides and a top running speed of nearly 30 miles per hour.

The surveys, along with the group’s studies on the birds’ effect on local flora and fauna, are key to documenting and forecasting the birds’ potential negative impacts. After recovering from our ...

And the nearly seven-foot-tall, ... Flightless birds, however, are another story. At least two factors have allowed dinosaurs, including birds, to evolve to a wide range of sizes.