A prehistoric bird that lived and died 120 million years ago has presented forensic paleontologists with a baffling medical mystery. Somehow, it managed to die with more than 800 tiny pebbles in its ...

Fiona Pardington hopes an exhibition of her images of New Zealand’s extinct and endangered birds will encourage debate, as the nation weighs its environmental responsibilities.

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A tiny prehistoric bird from the early Cretaceous has turned into one of the strangest death scenes in the fossil record, its last moments frozen with a throat packed full of stones. The animal, ...

Flightless birds have had a rough go of it over the past few centuries, with many going extinct — the most iconic being the dodo bird. But not all have perished. Here are four flightless birds that ...

Ever wonder how saber-toothed cats and other extinct creatures behaved? Well, a team of scientists unearthed ancient footprints that offer insight into how various prehistoric animals lived as far ...

True to their nickname, terror birds (Phorusrhacidae) are known as one of the largest and also the most fearsome birds to ever live. These were flightless birds with ...