Dumb extinction jokes aside, dodos’ life history is largely unknown. Now the first closeup look inside the long-gone birds’ bones is giving a glimpse into their lives, an international research team ...

While ravens do not occur in China's capital Beijing today, a new scientific study analyzing fossil bird bones from the UNESCO World Heritage Zhoukoudian "Peking Man" site demonstrates that ravens ...

A previously unknown species of elephant bird was recently discovered on the northeastern side of Madagascar and was identified solely from its ancient eggshells Surface scatter of Aepyornis eggshell ...