The dodo bird thrived for millennia in Southeast Asia, then on Mauritius island where they had no natural predators and ...

In 1827, naturalist John Audubon announced a massive discovery: the largest North American eagle. But did the Washington sea ...

The African penguin could become extinct in 10 years but environmental groups are trying everything they can to save them.

For decades, people have been trying to find the ivory-billed woodpecker, convinced it’s still out there, despite many – ...

Listen to the final song of the last male Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird, recorded just before the species disappeared forever.

This also raises an important question: what led to the demise of this now-extinct bird, and what was its final call reaching out to? The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō (Moho braccatus) was a unique bird that ...

officially declared the species extinct in 2000. The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō was well known for its clear, flute-like calls. Both male and female birds sang, each with their own distinct call ...

“Honestly, I would love to see some of the big banks go extinct, because, honestly, they deserve it,” Trump said Wednesday while speaking on a panel with his brother, Donald Trump Jr., at the ...

Most of these extinct sloths also didn't live in trees, because they were too big. The largest sloths, in the genus Megatherium, were about the size of Asian bull elephants and weighed roughly ...

Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA and compared more than 400 fossils from 17 natural history museums to figure out how and why extinct sloths got so big. Most of us are familiar sloths ...

Also called the manumea or "little dodo," Samoa's national bird is one of the closest living relatives to the famously extinct dodo. Unfortunately, genetics isn't the only aspect in which the two ...

“They’ll get less information — and they need it.” Quipping in defense of Sesame Street, Cohen added, “Big Bird is not a communist conspiracy. I don’t get that routine.” Turning to ...