Meet the elephant bird, the extinct giant that laid the largest eggs in Earth's history

Standing up to 3 metres tall and weighing hundreds of kilograms, Madagascar’s elephant bird was among the largest birds to ...
Forbes

Meet The ‘Extinct Bird’ That Came Back By Evolving Twice—A Biologist Explains

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...
WRAL

The Elephant Bird Regains Its Title as the Largest Bird That Ever Lived

History has not been kind to the elephant bird of Madagascar. Standing nearly 10 feet tall and weighing up to 1,000 pounds — or so researchers believed — this flightless cousin of the ostrich went ...

From America to India: The world's most beautiful birds lost to extinction and those on the brink of disappearing forever

From tropical rainforests to remote islands and wetlands; birds have evolved into some of nature's most spectacular creations. Yet many have disappeared because of habitat destruction, invasive ...