On this episode of Breaking Trail, Mario and the crew are in California to work with some bizarre yet magnificent Prehistoric birds.. critically endangered California Condors! Watch as they assist in pulling biometric data and perform...

From birds with no wings to giant fowl that were once mistaken for predators, here are 6 birds that who's strange features may not be what you think of when you think of birds!

What’s the real story of the dodo? How did such a unique bird even evolve in the first place? And are we really responsible for its extinction?

The California condor is the biggest flying bird in North America, a title that it has held since the Late Pleistocene Epoch. It's just one example of an organism that we share the planet with today that seems lost in time, out of place...

Paul Andersen details the evolutionary processes of speciation and extinction. Stickleback evolution in Lake Loberg is used as example of rapid speciation. Adaptive radiation is illustrated using the Hawaiian honeycreeper. A brief...

Experts are still arguing over whether Archaeopteryx was a true bird, or a paravian dinosaur, or some other kind of dino. But regardless of what side you're on, how did this fascinating, bird-like animal relate to today's birds? It turns...

Though the common ancestor of all modern birds could fly, many different bird species have independently lost their flight. Flight can have incredible benefits, especially for escaping predators, hunting and traveling long distances. But...

Humans are pretty good at destroying things. Like habitats, animal populations... you catch my drift. But, there have been a few species that humans have helped bring back from the brink of extinction. Chapters 0:00 0:05 0:11 0:17 0:23 0:29

Humans are pretty good at destroying things. Like habitats, animal populations... you catch my drift. But, there have been a few species that humans have helped bring back from the brink of extinction.

Throughout humankind's history, we've driven species after species extinct: the passenger pigeon, the Eastern cougar, the dodo ... But now, says Stewart Brand, we have the technology (and the biology) to bring back species that humanity...

Most people are taught that dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago when a giant meteor crashed into the Yucatan peninsula. I'm here to tell you that's wrong. Dinosaurs are alive and well today, and you don't have to go to Jurassic...

Dino's back to share more dinosaur facts with you, and this time he has some incredible news: birds are the descendants of dinosaurs! Join him to learn the whole story!

Ratites have spread to Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and South America. And there are fossils of Ratites in Europe, Asia, and North America too. That's a lot of ground to cover for birds that can't fly. So how did Ratites end up all...

Science Kids Cloning Endangered Species - Pros and Cons

The video discusses the potential for cloning extinct species, focusing on the challenges and possibilities of bringing back animals like the woolly mammoth, passenger pigeon,...

Global temperatures are rising, putting bird species across America in danger of extinction as their habitats change. To understand how temperature affects birds across the country, scientists at the University of...

Dinosaurs have long fascinated humans. Surprisingly, there are still dinosaurs on Earth today, but they look different from their multi-ton ancestors that went extinct millions of years ago. The dinosaurs that exist today are small, have...

Witness the remarkable story of the pava aliblanca, a bird once declared extinct, now rediscovered and fighting for survival.

About 136,000 years ago, on a coral atoll in the Indian Ocean, there lived a flightless bird. And when this atoll was swallowed up by the waves, that bird went extinct. ... Or did it? Did the flightless Aldabra rail evolve twice?

Discover how not all dinosaurs went extinct and how their closest relatives, birds, are still alive today. Learn about the connection between ancient feathered dinosaurs and modern birds, and explore how these true survivors managed to...

This live-action video program is about the word extinct. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word extinct through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...

From the wooly mammoth to the passenger pigeon, extinct species once maintained the balance of the earth’s delicate ecosystems. But human interference has resulted in dramatic loss of biodiversity. Can science restore what has been lost?...

Watch these amazing rewilding videos from our friends at Planet Wild, in which they’re saving Europe’s cutest bird from extinction or resurrecting a dying forest.

Discover what caused the extinction of the Dodo bird in 1681.

In a landmark study that researched the origins of bird species, evolutionary biologists have made discoveries about the age of birds, and the genomic relationships among modern birds.



The genomes of modern birds...