Despite being flightless, the ostriches of Africa have distant relations in Australia, New Zealand, and South America. All part of a group called the ratites, these birds share some common ...

The dodo is often viewed as the classic example of extinction and obsolescence. However, the truth is that countless species ...

Tim Birkhead on great auks and their extraordinary story of evolution, exploitation and de-extinction across the years ...

Cassowaries are massive flightless birds, second only to ostriches in weight. Standing up to 6 feet tall, they can weigh up ...

While that fashion trend thankfully came to an end, kagus have continued to face threats, with predation by dogs and other introduced animals, as well as habitat loss, all causing numbers to decline.

The Mystery of the Giant Birds is a documentary about the flightless birds of Madagascar and New Zealand. It premieres ...

A stray emu, one of the world’s largest flightless birds, was spotted wandering around Windsor and Harpursville, and safely ...

As the rest of the world gets bombarded with memes about tariffed penguins on remote islands near Antarctica, Florida ...