The elephant birds, Aepyornis and Mullerornis, lived among other remarkable species on the island, including giant lemurs, which also died out. There are a number of theories about why and when ...
W hile there are over 11,000 bird species in the world, only a select few grow to large sizes. Birds are measured by weight ...
Some wondrous birds have been lost. The large flightless elephant birds endemic to Madagascar vanished after people arrived, ...
Starting in the south of Madagascar, David Attenborough hopes to find an Aepyornis egg. The Aepyornis, or elephant bird, may have given rise to the legend of the gigantic bird known as the rukh or ...
Some wondrous birds have been lost. The large flightless elephant birds endemic to Madagascar vanished after people arrived, including Aepyornis maximus, possibly the largest bird that ever ...
Some wondrous birds have been lost. The large flightless elephant birds endemic to Madagascar vanished after people arrived, including Aepyornis maximus, possibly the largest bird that ever ...
Some wondrous birds have been lost. The large flightless elephant birds endemic to Madagascar vanished after people arrived, including Aepyornis maximus, possibly the largest bird that ever ...