There are a collection of great auk eggs held in the collections of the Natural History Museum at Tring. They are pictured here in their collection boxes. The male pictured above was taken from Papa ...

The North Atlantic offers an unforgettable birdwatching experience with diverse seabird species on coastal cliffs and boats ...

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 ...

At aptly named Fowl Craig, stood a cairn and a claret-coloured carving of a great auk – the “penguin of the northern hemisphere” – staring mournfully out to sea. Unfortunately, I was more ...

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 ...

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 ...