The largest bird known to science The elephant bird lived on Madagascar up to about 500 years ago before it went extinct. It was the largest bird known to science. It was up to 4 metres tall and ...

The team set out to collect elephant bird eggshells in 2006 from the southern half of Madagascar. Another researcher beat them to it, so the team instead focused on northern half of the island, CU ...

Elephant birds have the largest known eggs, 150 times bigger than a chicken egg. The oldest DNA they extracted was 19,000 years old, from a fragment of Australian emu eggshell. Advantage over bone ...

Before they were driven to extinction, giant elephant birds roamed Madagascar, weighing up to 2,000 pounds and towering 10 feet tall. A new analysis gives hints as to how many species there once were.

More than 1,200 years ago, flightless elephant birds roamed the island of Madagascar and laid eggs bigger than footballs. While these ostrich-like giants are now extinct, new research from CU Boulder ...