And yet, [the great auk] became the signature of human caused extinction. The peasants said that there was no indication that ...

Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...

Pictured below is the last remaining specimen of a British great auk, a flightless seabird driven to extinction in the nineteenth century. It is a lesson in what can happen to an ocean-dwelling ...

The Great Auk lived in large colonies in and around ... Despite being Europe’s third largest predator, they’re a pretty elusive species, hunting under the cover of darkness, making use of ...

This form is about 20% heavier than the North American and probably represents a separate species. Marbled Murrelets are quite unique in that, unlike other seabirds in the auk family, they nest ...