Haast's eagle became extinct sometime around 1400 AD when Polynesian settlers arrived in New Zealand. These settlers hunted ...

PERHAPS no event in the ornithological world was more astounding than the discovery of the bones of the largest known bird, the moa, which existed ... skeleton of a large extinct flightless ...

It had a large head, bill, legs, and talons. Its bill was up to 130 mm long, and its talons were up to 75 mm long ...