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Explorers Used To Tell Stories Of A Giant Bird Near Madagascar, And It Turns Out This Wasn't A Mythical Creature

Elephant birds were flightless birds that went extinct around 1,000 years ago. It is believed that one species of the bird was the biggest bird that ever lived. They grew up to 10 feet tall and laid ...
Yahoo

Study documents extinction of 610 bird species and ecological impacts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Dodo, the famous flightless bird that inhabited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, is a case study in extinction caused by humans. The Dodo, finely adapted to its ...
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Study documents extinction of 610 bird species, including those from Hawaii

WASHINGTON >> The Dodo, the famous flightless bird that inhabited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, is a case study in extinction caused by humans. The Dodo, finely adapted to its isolated ...
New Scientist

One of the largest eggs ever laid

Bigger than any dinosaur egg, this cracking object is up for sale at auction house Christie’s. Laid by an elephant bird, the egg is 30.5 centimetres tall and equivalent in volume to 150 or so chicken ...
IFLScience

What’s The Largest Egg Of Any Animal? Clue: It Doesn't Come From An Ostrich

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...