Many birds fly, but some, like penguins and ostriches, don't, revealing an evolutionary twist. Flightless birds adapted to ...

Scientists have uncovered the incredible journey of the Inaccessible Island rail, the world's smallest flightless bird, revealing how it traveled over 2,000 miles from South America to a remote island ...

A close call with a male cassowary and his chick has prompted urgent warnings from authorities about the dangers of feeding the prehistoric-looking, man-tall bird. Security footage captured the moment ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

Along a road that cuts through Bioko Island’s dense rainforest, they found what they were looking for — Pterotiltus bioko, a new species of flightless grasshopper, according to a study ...

7 fascinating flightless birds When we think of birds, flying is usually the first thing that comes to mind– wings spread wide, gliding through the sky.

Meet The Kagu: Rare, Flightless, And With An Unusual Feature Seen In No Other Bird This fun-looking forest-dweller spends plenty of time with its beak in the ground.

New Zealand hosts unique flightless, nocturnal birds, evolved in isolation and adapted to predator-free conditions, symbolizing the country's rich biodiversity.

The flightless bird was seen tearing into some holiday treats wrapped in paper at Zoo Miami earlier this month. Officials are encouraging the community to stop by and share the holiday cheer with ...

Palaeontologists working near Alice Springs uncover for the first time a set of articulated bones and partial skeleton of Ilbandornis woodburnei, a massive bird that once roamed an evolving ...

Efforts to conserve New Zealand's remaining flightless birds can heed lessons from the ghosts of species past. The sad demise of the moa highlights the immense importance of isolated areas.