Among its most fascinating historical inhabitants was the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus), a colossal, flightless bird that ...

Elephant birds were flightless birds that went extinct around 1,000 years ago. It is believed that one species of the bird was the biggest bird that ever lived. They grew up to 10 feet tall and laid ...

The first complete mitochondrial genome sequence of an extinct species is reported. The ratites make up a group of flightless birds unique to the Southern Hemisphere that include the kiwi, ostrich, ...