History has not been kind to the elephant bird of Madagascar. Standing nearly 10 feet tall and weighing up to 1,000 pounds — or so researchers believed — this flightless cousin of the ostrich went ...

What is the biggest bird to ever live? Learn all about the elephant bird from its enormous size to the massive eggs that provide insight into its existence and extinction. Elephant bird eggs in the ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) 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 ...

Madagascar is home to some of the world’s most unique and remarkable species. However, one of its most awe-inspiring residents, the elephant bird, vanished from the planet roughly 1,000 years ago.

Madagascar's recently extinct elephant birds, once thought to be active during the day, were actually nocturnal, according to new research.Credit: John Maisano for the University of Texas at Austin ...

The elephant bird egg is in perfect condition – being intact with no cracks at all. Like a chicken egg, it is oval and cream-colored. But that is probably where the similarities stop. Size-wise, the ...