Researchers in Taiwan traced a donated fossil bone to an unrecognized Ice Age bird. It wasn't just any bird, but rather an ...

An Ice Age bird that weighed twice as much as an ostrich was adapted for the water, say a team of researchers who recently studied fossils from creature, which went extinct about 45,000 years ago.

When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great changes. The landscape of today bears little resemblance to that of a mere ...

New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future ...

When the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo mountains become snowcapped, a flurry of bird adaptations sweeps across the foothills. We marvel at the continent-spanning journeys of migratory birds seeking ...