Puffins, often referred to as the 'clown of the sea' or 'sea parrot,' are remarkable avian athletes known for their ...

The great auk has now become a powerful symbol of the damage humans can cause. Douglas Russell, Senior Curator of Birds at the Museum, says, 'The threats facing our flora and fauna are as great, if ...

Newton, in which he gives his version of the history of the egg of this extinct bird, which was recently ... Grieve's important work on “The Great Auk, its history, archæology, and remains ...

In his mesmerising study of the great auk and its afterlife, Tim Birkhead asks how far science itself was to blame for the bird’s extinction Jump to content UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

But then the bird became an obsession for collectors who vied for the last skins, eggs and skeletons. Victorian hunters, explorers and collectors feature strongly in the story of the Great Auk.

IMAGINATION has long had a large share in the accounts given of the Gare-fowl or Great Auk, notwithstanding the ... sale of a specimen of the egg of that bird. I should occupy too much space ...

In the process the birds’ single egg was trampled – the last known of the great auks. It’s the events leading up to this final obliteration on Eldey that Tim Birkhead deals with in the first half of ...