The takahe, with its striking blue-green plumage and stout, prehistoric build, is a flightless bird found only in New Zealand. Once abundant across both the North and South Islands, the bird’s ...

Prized as game birds and reared for their meat and eggs, these stout-bodied birds often have short, rounded wings because they spend most of their time on the ground. Their thick legs and big feet ...

Perhaps a streamlined bird needs a streamlined egg; stout flightless birds like ostriches and emus hatch from eggs that are nearly round. Penguins, however, break the mold: Although the aquatic ...