One day in August, 1875, a grayish-blue parrot was shot on a small island in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius. It was the last time a Rodrigues parakeet was known to be seen alive. Subscribe to our ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...

Analysis of 216 extinct species by biologists found birds endemic to islands, occupied ecologically specific niche, lacking flight, with large bodies and sharply angled wings were the ones likely to ...

Chen thought that the remains looked more like an avian species, so he looped in Lida Xing, a paleontologist at China University of Geosciences who specializes in Cretaceous birds. The preserved toe ...

The Guam kingfisher, or Sihek in CHamoru, is an iconic species of Guam, but can no longer be found there. Pictured here are Hinanao and his mate, Tutuhan, who came from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. You might be surprised to know that Mexico is home to over ...

The quest for dodo’s de-extinction has gathered steam again. Colossal Biosciences has announced a significant breakthrough in its attempts to bring the flightless bird back to life, 300 years after it ...

One of the unique aspects of our modern era is the ability to preserve sights and sounds. While an animal’s extinction means its physical presence is gone forever, technology allows us to experience a ...

True extinction is final, a point of no return where a species disappears forever. And sadly, species go extinct all the time ...