The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it ... drab brown feathers, a slender beak, a pronounced strut in their walk ...

None of us will ever see a dodo, but we can get to know the birds that still live among us. As Dickinson put it, “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers.” Renée Bergland is a professor at ...