Still, birds aren’t defined by an ability to fly, and there are a number of species worldwide that are ground-based. The most common reasons birds have evolved to be flightless are a lack of predators ...
Cultural historian Richard Wolfe explores the trajectory of the kiwi bird becoming one of New Zealand's national symbols and a part of its identity in his latest book.
The Dodo, the famous flightless bird that inhabited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, is a case study in extinction caused by humans. The Dodo, finely adapted to its isolated ecosystem but ...