Analysis of bones from now-extinct elephant birds could shed new light on the fate of the giant fowls. A team of scientists led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) studied skeletons of the huge ...

Towering over nine feet tall and weighing over 1,500 pounds, the aepyornis has a pointy beak and powerful talons. Sometimes called "flightless giants," the birds lived more than 1,200 years ago and ...