Madagascar’s extinct elephant birds – the largest birds ever to have lived – have captured public interest for hundreds of years. Little is known about them due to large gaps in the skeletal fossil ...

News World news Middle East 500,000-year-old tusk of 'GIGANTIC' extinct elephant hunted by early humans unearthed A team of archaeologists are now working to excavate the tusk which will be ...

An elephant tusk thought to date back to when they were hunted by pre-historic humans has been unearthed in the Middle East. The 500,000-year-old and 8ft-long tusk was discovered near Reitan ...

Elephant birds — or “Aepyornithiformes” — grew up to a whopping 10 feet tall, with some thought to have weighed more than 110 stone. They went extinct around 1,000 years ago, after humans ...

Madagascar’s extinct elephant birds – the largest birds ever to have lived – have captured public interest for hundreds of years. Little is known about them due to large gaps in the skeletal ...

“We already know that Madagascar’s megafauna – elephant birds, hippos, giant tortoises and giant lemurs – became extinct less than 1,000 years ago,” said lead author Dr. James Hansford ...

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 ...

Vegetarian elephant bird weighing almost a tonne named world’s largest Vorombe titan roamed Madagascar until 1,000 years ago, but it is not clear what caused the species to be wiped out ...