There are some animals you look at and wonder: How in the world did they evolve? One such bird is the megapode. This is a bird that, to carry on its species, creates a nest that incorporates materials ...

The Pacific's last megapode - a bird with large feet that uses hot volcanic ash to incubate its eggs - has been rescued from the brink of extinction, researchers said. Dr Dick Watling, an independent ...

Bird enthusiasts will be disappointed to know they were born millions of years too late. Paleontologists from Flinders University in Australia have discovered five extinct megapode birds—among them, a ...

Dr Ravi Sankaran is something of a legend in ecological circles, especially for his work on birds that are found in the most challenging landscapes that nobody bothered to study. But also because he ...

This week was for the birds — in a good way: Two previously endangered species seem to be enjoying a rebound. The population of the once desperately rare Polynesian Megapode has doubled and the bird ...

It has been described as a "giant flying turkey" the size of a grey kangaroo by Australian scientists. It is actually an extinct species of megapode bird - an ancient cousin of the modern Malleefowl, ...

This study on the impact of the 2004 tsunami on the Nicobar megapode Megapodius nicobariensis, endemic coastal living bird species in the Nicobar group of islands showed a significant decline (nearly ...

It is actually an extinct species of megapode bird - an ancient cousin of the modern Malleefowl, which famously builds mounds of earth and leaf litter in which to lay and incubate its eggs. Progura ...

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