One of the most infamous cautionary tales of humanity's follies, the reasons behind the extinction of the dodo are even more depressing than you may realize.

Silent Skies” — an exhibition of paintings and drawings of critically endangered and extinct birds — is on display at the ...

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

The exhibit — available for free viewing in the Pacific Beach/Taylor Library through March 28 — was designed to highlight bird species that have gone extinct or are critically endangered since the ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

“Not only did Wisconsin host the largest recorded nesting of passenger pigeons in 1871, but the Wisconsin Society of Ornithology also created a monument to the extinct bird at Wyalusing State Park.” ...

Then, it was never seen on the island again — until now. “The Galápagos rail, a secretive bird thought to be extinct on Floreana, has been found on the island for the first time since Charles ...