12 Surprising Flightless Birds. We all know ostriches, emus, and penguins can't fly. But these flightless ducks, sea birds, and parrots will make you do a double-take.

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...

No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century.

Discover the world's most amazing flightless birds—like ostriches, penguins, and emus. Learn why they can't fly and how they've adapted to thrive on land and in water.

In 2019, an outbreak affected 21 birds and killed nine. If another outbreak occurs, vulnerable parrots could be isolated and treated ahead of time, Guhlin says.

Similar to other birds, such as the Andean cock-of-the-rock, mating takes place in competitive displays known as leks. Every 2–4 years, all the males gather and perform competitive displays to ...

Moa—large, flightless, ostrich-like birds—once roamed around New Zealand. But humans hunted them to extinction roughly 600 years ago. John Megahan via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.5 ...

Takahē are flightless birds also native to New Zealand. “Historically thought to be extinct twice, there are now just over 500 throughout the country,” the Department of Conservation said in ...