The dodo is usually depicted as a slow, dim-witted, goofy-looking bird, a total evolutionary loser. But what if, for all these centuries, the dodo bird has just been misunderstood?

A recently discovered bird species from Brazil, the slaty-masked tinamou, could face the same fate as the infamous dodo, ...

This bird is totally crazy-looking, and it is an opera singer,” says a biologist from Colombia and an expert on Neotropical ...

The slaty-masked tinamou, found in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry.

Discovered in the 1600s and driven to extinction less than 80 years later, the large, flightless Dodo bird has served as a longtime reminder of the importance of environmental and animal conservation.

A bird found in some of the southernmost parts of the United States made an exceedingly rare appearance in Massachusetts last week, delighting South Shore bird lovers, locals and photographers with ...

THAT IS? CAN I JUST TELL YOU? I TOTALLY GET NOW WHY PEOPLE STOP WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND CAME RUNNING DOWN HERE TO SEE THIS BIRD FIRSTHAND. YOU KNOW, BIRDERS LIKE THIS IS A BIG DEAL. AND IT WAS ...

The sudden burst of rare sightings has drawn attention and speculation. Are more rare birds actually arriving in Texas, or are people just getting better at spotting them? "The answer is a little ...

DALLAS — The dodo has been extinct for more than 300 years, but that isn’t stopping Dallas’ Colossal Biosciences from trying to resurrect the 3-foot-tall, flightless bird. Last Wednesday, the ...