Discover the world’s smallest and largest birds, from the tiny Bee Hummingbird to the towering Ostrich. Explore nature’s most ...

Ostriches are the largest bird in the world, and also the fastest (on land anyway). This seems like a contradiction, but it is true. These birds can run up to 69 kilometers per hour (43MPH) even ...

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Madagascar was once home to the elephant bird, the largest bird species ever known, standing over three metres tall and ...

The white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) is an Old World vulture, as its habitat does not extend into the New World or the western hemisphere. This large bird is native to the open plains and ...