DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's giant flightless bird ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

While there are no dinosaur fossils in Hawaii, other types of fossils do exist there, including subfossils of extinct birds and marine life ... that once lived in this area. The moa-nalo was a type of ...

Birds were abundant, and included the now extinct moa and koreke / quail, as well as weka, kererū, kākā, kiwi in the forest, and a variety of waterfowl and freshwater fish in the streams. Māori used ...

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

In The Place for History, a bird once found in Missouri is now officially extinct and a German immigrant who lived in the ...

"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A bird once found in Missouri is now officially extinct and a German immigrant who lived in the state is the first to describe it. The now-extinct bird is the Bachman’s ...