Before it was hunted to extinction in the 1840s, the great auk inhabited an ecological niche equivalent to that of penguins ...

Gísli Pálsson: The great auk was a tall bird — 80 centimeters [31 inches] and quite thick with lots of meat — and it was ...

Marbled Murrelets are quite unique in that, unlike other seabirds in the auk family, they nest solitarily either in trees or on the ground (a small percentage of nests) often many kilometres from ...

Unlike other seabirds in the auk family, which nest on cliffs, in burrows, or on predator-free off-shore islands, Marbled Murrelets nest solitarily in Old Growth forest trees with wide side branches, ...

IMAGINATION has long had a large share in the accounts given of the Gare-fowl or Great Auk, notwithstanding the efforts of those who have tried to set forth nothing but the truth on the subject ...

Pictured below is the last remaining specimen of a British great auk, a flightless seabird driven to extinction in the nineteenth century. It is a lesson in what can happen to an ocean-dwelling ...

A seabird's rare visit to landlocked Leicestershire was recorded after it ended up being a one-way trip. A little auk was last seen in the county back in 2007, said Leicester and Rutland ...