The dogged search for a bird that many people figured had gone extinct included torrential rains, washed-out bridges, swine ...

However, one of its most awe-inspiring residents, the elephant bird, vanished from the planet roughly 1,000 years ago. This ...

For years, the Madagascar pochard was thought to be lost forever. Now, 21 of the rare birds have been raised in captivity and released into the wild, with the help of conservationists, converted ...

Bird watchers are celebrating the sighting of a rare songbird in Madagascar, off the east coast of Africa. The dusky tetraka hadn't been seen for nearly 25 years and was feared to have become extinct.

This story is from June 27, 2009 Birds 'brain in flight' studied PTI / Jun 27, 2009, 12:24 IST Follow us ...

Adaptations for flight Instead of relying on a gut microbiome to help break down food, bats and birds have evolved in other ways to extract nutrients from food much faster. Both also produce ...