The great auk has now become a powerful symbol of the damage humans can cause. Douglas Russell, Senior Curator of Birds at the Museum, says, 'The threats facing our flora and fauna are as great, if ...

This was the fate of the bird that Ísleifsson killed, whose preserved heart ended up in a museum in Copenhagen. It is this – the market in, and collection of, great auk remains – which ...

Tim Birkhead, Kaliane Bradley and Mark Nowers discuss our fascination with the Great Auk and Victorian explorers, and efforts to help turtle doves, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more The Great Auk ...

IMAGINATION has long had a large share in the accounts given of the Gare-fowl or Great Auk, notwithstanding the efforts of those who have tried to set forth nothing but the truth on the subject ...

But there is a very different story told of it in Mr. Symington Grieve's important work on “The Great Auk, its history, archæology, and remains,” published in 1885. At p. 105 of this volume ...

The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife is the subject of Tim Birkhead’s new book. This goose-sized seabird became the favoured food of hungry sailors and ...

This was the fate of the bird that Ísleifsson killed, whose preserved heart ended up in a museum in Copenhagen. It is this – the market in, and collection of, great auk remains – which Birkhead ...