Great auks (Pinguinus impennis) were large flightless birds that thrived on rocky islands in the North Atlantic for thousands ...

The North American Marbled Murrelet is a small plump (~200g) fast flying seabird belonging to the auk family or Alcidae. At sea they are usually found close to shore and, during the summer months, are ...

What makes the species so important to Prof Parker’s research is that, unlike other members of the auk family, the great auk was flightless. While the microstructures of other auk feathers may be ...

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 ...