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Bioscience Company Announces Plan to Bring the Dodo Bird Back From Extinction

The dodo bird, scientific name “Raphus cucullatus,” is one of the prevailing symbols of mankind’s tenuous relationship with the natural […]

The dodo bird, scientific name “Raphus cucullatus,” has long been synonymous with foolishness. Discovered on the island of Mauritius in

The Bachman’s Warbler is often cited as the rarest songbird of the United States. This is because it is, most

With a maximum weight of up to 100 pounds, the emperor penguin is amongst the largest and heaviest birds alive

Around this time last year, wild birds in the United States were found to be infected with an incredibly transmissible

Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has quite a momentous occasion to celebrate this year. Metro Richmond Zoo, a privately owned

Pigeons are amongst the most unappreciated, and, in fact, reviled birds on the planet. Called “vermin” and “rats with wings”

Looking at any of the individual species within the Auk family, you might just mistake them for penguins. Consisting of

Grouse are small game birds related to quails, partridges, and chickens. They are deceptively strange animals whose interesting quirks and

There are some names that seem to perfectly describe the creature to which they belong. Warblers, for example, are graceful