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 ...

Gísli Pálsson retraces a 1858 trip two English scientists took to Iceland to track down the rare great auk, a penguin-like flightless bird that was once abundant on the rocky shores around the ...

Gísli Pálsson: The great auk was a tall bird — 80 centimeters [31 inches] and quite thick with lots of meat — and it was flightless so would nest on skerries [small rocky islands] where it ...

The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City NPR host Madrigal (Powering the Dream) offers a sprawling history of Oakland, Calif., that situates the ...

It was flightless, but a great swimmer, with black and white markings that resemble penguins. In fact, the auk is a member of the razorbill family, and not a penguin at all, but when sailors came ...

The great auk's reintroduction could create great ecological ... become the greatest lessons for other species facing extinction. The giant, flightless bird known as the moa was originally from ...

Penguins are a group of aquatic and flightless birds ... was first published in the 16th century as a synonym for Great Auk. There is a debate about the etymology of the name “Penguin”.