Tens of millions of years ago, a diverse array of bird species soared, swam, and thrived amid their scaly reptile cousins—and set the stage for modern birdlife.

A long-lost prehistoric bird species makes a triumphant comeback in its native land after being considered extinct.

Imagine a world where extinct bird species are brought back to life. Thanks to groundbreaking advancements in DNA sequencing and genetic research, this once unimaginable possibility is becoming a ...

Newly discovered bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds have been breeding and nesting in the Arctic for at least 73 million years. “Which is kind of crazy, because it's not easy to live in the ...

A remarkable fossil in the National Museum of Natural History’s collection reveals that the ancestors of modern flightless birds were capable of flying long distances Jack Tamisiea Ostriches, emus and ...

In 1933, an 11-million-year-old fossil was discovered in a Nebraska quarry. It traveled across the country to New York's Upper West Side, where it sat in the collection of the American Museum of ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

The great bustard, now an endangered species, was once hunted and eaten for ancient funeral rites, researchers say. Getty Images/iStockphoto On the northern peninsula of Morocco, just across the sea ...