Pigs, rats, cats, and mongooses, all brought to the island decades earlier by humans, were to blame for their demise, preying ...

Its rediscovery didn’t come easily. Vejmělka’s team trekked up Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea’s highest peak, at around ...

There is conclusive evidence that Crocidura trichura populations declined dramatically since 1900. In fact, some suspected it ...

The wait is nearly over. Science Centre Singapore, in collaboration with the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty ...

From cassowaries to kiwis, these 10 birds prove dinosaurs never truly vanished — evolution just gave them feathers, speed, ...

Birds are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, not crocodiles. Modern birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs. They ...

Most of our knowledge of New Zealand's prehistoric bird diversity comes from long-lost species with bones large enough to be ...

Helen Ryan works for the WA Musem. Julien Louys receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Kenny Travouillon works for the Western Australian Museum. Blake Dickson and Mike Archer do not ...

New research led by UNSW Sydney paleontologists challenges the idea that Indigenous Australians hunted Australia's megafauna ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, Australia was still home to enigmatic megafauna—large land animals such as giant marsupial wombats, flightless birds, and short-faced giant kangaroos known as ...

A biotech startup is taking the first real steps towards bringing the dodo bird back from extinction. No one has seen this bird since the late 17th century, but that doesn't mean it has been forgotten ...

The night parrot is a beautiful green and yellow bird native to Australia. These birds are nocturnal, nesting on the ground and favoring desert environments. The night parrot is extremely lightweight ...