EditorialOmus, Print, Omus is a genus of tiger beetles, subfamily Cicindelinae. Its members are dark colored, nocturnal, and flightless. All members occur along the west coast of North America.
EditorialZookeepers at ZSL London Zoo have their hands full in the penguin nursery this month – feeding and caring for five hungry Humboldt penguin chicks, after their parents were unable to look after them. The fluffy fivesome - who all hatched at the conservati
EditorialDodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Copperplate engraving by T. Milton after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from Abraham Rees' Cyclopaedia or Universal Dictionary, London, 1820.
Editorialwall tile, Anonymous, first half of 17th century, tin glaze, earthenware, General: 13 x 13 x 1.7cm (130 x 130 x 17mm), bird, northern Netherlands, Wall tile of earthenware covered with white tin glaze. Multicolored painted in blue, green, yellow and or...
Editorialwall tile, Anonymous, first half of the 17th century, tin glaze, earthenware, General: 13.4 x 13.4 x 1.7cm 134 x 134 x 17mm, bird, northern Netherlands, Wall tile of earthenware covered with white tin glaze and painted in blue. The tile depicts a fligh...
EditorialOmus, Print, Omus is a genus of tiger beetles, subfamily Cicindelinae. Its members are dark colored, nocturnal, and flightless. All members occur along the west coast of North America.
EditorialCasuarius papuanus, Print, Cassowary, Cassowaries, genus Casuarius, are ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bone) that are native to the tropical forests of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Indonesia), East Nusa Tenggara, the Malu...
EditorialAves, Print, Birds, also known as Aves or avian dinosaurs, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightw...
EditorialRhea americana, Print, The greater rhea (Rhea americana) is a species of flightless bird native to eastern South America. Other names for the greater rhea include the grey, common, or American rhea; ?and? (Guaran? and Spanish); or ema (Portuguese). One...
EditorialDidus ineptus, Print, The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest genetic relative was the also-extinct Rodrigues solitaire, the two ...
EditorialChenalopex impennis, Print, The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is an extinct species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus. It is not closely related to the birds now know...
EditorialAnas chlorotis, Print, The brown teal (Anas chlorotis) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas native to New Zealand. The Maori name for it is pateke. For many years it had been considered to be conspecific with the flightless Auckland and Camp...
EditorialExtinct flightless bird, the Dodo, Raphus cucullatus. Woodblock engraving from Die Illustrirte Welt (The Illustrated World), Stuttgart, Germany, 1857.
EditorialDarwinii Gould. Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata), also known as the lesser rhea, is a large flightless bird,. The Genera of Birds. Illustrated with ... plates by D. W. Mitchell. London, 1844-49. Source: C.113.i.3, vol.III.
EditorialExtinct flightless bird, the Dodo, Raphus cucullatus. Woodblock engraving from Die Illustrirte Welt (The Illustrated World), Stuttgart, Germany, 1857.
EditorialDodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Copperplate engraving by T. Milton after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from Abraham Rees' Cyclopaedia or Universal Dictionary, London, 1820.
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