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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think of flightless birds, aggressive is probably ...

When people think of birds, they often picture creatures soaring across the sky. But flightless birds break that expectation completely. These unique species have evolved over millions of years to ...

Colossal Biosciences says AI has helped identify potential gene-editing targets for its dodo de-extinction project. The company says its genome analysis is 95% complete, but creating a living bird ...

Madagascar’s elephant birds — which weighed as much as three or four people and went extinct several hundred years ago — turn out to be the closest known relatives of New Zealand’s chicken-sized kiwi.

A bird that had previously gone extinct came back to life thanks to a rare evolutionary process known as "iterative evolution." The white-throated rail bird can presently be found on the island of ...

Molecular analysis of the eggshell structure of large flightless birds such as ostriches and emus provides new insights into how they evolved. Genetic analyses have recently allowed scientists to ...

There would be at least four times as many flightless bird species on Earth today if it were not for human influences, finds a study led by UCL researchers.The study, published in Science Advances, ...

Discover the extinct Jamaican bird, Xenicibis xympithecus, whose flightless wings were weaponized like clubs for protection. Since then, Olson has found more remains including an almost complete ...