The closest living relatives of the moa, meanwhile, are the tinamous ... Australia and New Zealand has finally figured out the extinct bird's place in the family tree — and the finding further ...

The South Island of New Zealand was once home to the extinct Haast's eagle, also called Hieraaetus moorei. Weighing about ...

The Haast's eagle, or Harpagornis moorei, was the largest eagle ever known, dominating the skies of New Zealand for centuries ...

(Paul Banko) A native of Hawai’i, Lewis will talk about extinct and endangered birds of Hawai’i, evolution, survival, ...

The moa-nalo are among 77 species of Hawaiian birds that have become extinct in the last 700 years, thanks to invasive species, disease and habitat loss. There are still rare and unique bird ...

A 12-million-year-old fossil of a prehistoric "terror bird" discovered in South America might represent the largest known member of its kind found to date, a study ...

Owen's statue at the Museum shows him holding the moa bone fragment ... In addition to recently extinct species, like moas and elephant birds the Museum also cares for older fossil bird specimens from ...