The researchers compared elephant bird DNA to the other birds and saw a close genetic link to the kiwi despite obvious differences in size, body shape and lifestyle - and the fact they lived about ...

More than 1,200 years ago, flightless elephant birds roamed the island of Madagascar and laid eggs bigger than footballs. While these ostrich-like giants are now extinct, new research from CU Boulder ...

A single elephant bird egg was equal to about 150 chicken eggs and they were the biggest among all vertebrate eggs, including that of dinosaurs. However, the birds could not thrive for long and ...

The researchers compared elephant bird DNA to the other birds and saw a close genetic link to the kiwi despite obvious differences in size, body shape and lifestyle - and the fact they lived about ...

An adult brown kiwi (Apteryx australis) beside the egg of a huge elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus) is shown in this undated handout provided by Paul Scofield and Kyle Davis at the Caterbury Museum in ...

Perhaps the two elephant bird species evolved from a shared nocturnal ancestor. This research adds more mystery to the strange, extinct elephant bird, and perhaps changes how we imagine them.

Extinct elephant bird of Madagascar could live again Towering 10 feet into the air and weighing more than half a ton, it was the biggest bird that ever lived until French colonists wiped it out ...

"It was laid by a giant elephant bird that lived on Madagascar and went extinct somewhere around the 13th to 17th centuries," he said. "It's very rare to find one that's complete.

A giant egg laid by a now-extinct elephant bird sold for $104,482 at an auction in London. The extremely rare partially fossilized egg is more than 100 times the size of a chicken egg at nearly ...

The flightless elephant bird – related to ostriches and emus – is the largest bird ever to have lived. It had massive legs, taloned claws and a long, powerful neck.