These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...

The upland moa was likely drawn to the fungi because of their resemblance to berries, scientists say, allowing the creature ...

A forgotten fossil in a German museum turned out to be a rare Diatryma skull. Scientists corrected a decades-old ...

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 ...

Inside, between rows of incubators and microscopes, Beth Shapiro and her team are attempting a feat straight out of science ...

Birds are fascinating creatures of the animal kingdom, with four species of hummingbirds topping the list of the world’s ...

Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 foot-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in ...

A misidentified Diatryma skull from Germany's Geiseltal region was rediscovered, confirming the rare bird's herbivorous ...

Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 feet-tall (1.40 metres) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in ...

An ostrich farm in B.C.'s West Kootenay has been ordered to cull its entire herd of 400 birds after the Canadian Food ...

Biologists have identified common features in species that have vanished since 1500, finding that large body size and ...