Glen Chilton was teaching biology at the University of Calgary, a mild-mannered ornithologist specializing in sparrow song, when he was asked to write a short account of the Labrador duck for a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The IUCN Red List, which assesses the extinction risk of ...

Artist Todd McGrain's sculptures of five extinct North American birds are now on display in Smithsonian gardens. Courtesy of The Lost Bird Project It has been almost 15 years since artist Todd McGrain ...

On Friday afternoon, a group of about 30 bird enthusiasts set off around Elmira on a hunt for the Labrador duck — extinct since 1878. They succeeded, sort of. The group, some of about 100 expected ...

I grew up in the “Buttonwood Settlement” (the Brand Park area) of Elmira's Southside, where my Janowski family has lived since 1872. Our first homestead was on Robinson Street at the end of Horner ...

For more than four years, ornithologist Chilton visited 30 cities to examine and document 55 stuffed ducks and 9 eggs, all that remains of the long-extinct Labrador Duck. Stuffed ducks might seem a ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Of the four birds currently on display as sculptures in the Enid A. Haupt Garden, the Labrador duck is the one about which we know the least.