That was the case on the coral atoll of Aldabra, where a flightless species of rail — a medium-sized bird about the size of a chicken — went extinct roughly 136,000 years ago.

The white-throated rail colonized the Aldabra Atoll in the Indian Ocean and evolved to become flightless, before being completely wiped out when the island disappeared below the sea around 136,000 ...

The Aldabra rail, Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus, is a handsome chicken-sized bird that is the last surviving flightless bird in the Indian Ocean. It is a close relative to the white-throated rail ...

A previously extinct species of bird has re-evolved back into existence, according to a new study. The Aldabra rail first went extinct around 136,000 years ago. Now, it's reclaimed its home island.

The Aldabra rail is the last surviving flightless bird in the Indian Ocean. “They’re more vulnerable to extinction when they become flightless,” Julia Heinen, Ph.D student at the University ...

The white-throated rail bird can presently be found on the island of Aldabra. Early fossils of the bird suggest it lived there thousands of years ago and died out because it could not fly to ...

The bird species, Aldabra rail, went extinct around 136,000 years ago, but now is back and has reclaimed it’s Island home in the Indian Ocean, according to CBS News.

But 136,000 years ago, a huge flood engulfed its islands, destroying all life in its path, including a chicken-sized bird called the Aldabra rail. Then, like a phoenix, this bird was reborn.

The Aldabra Rail (Dryolimnas [cuvieri] aldabranus) is endemic to Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles and is the last remaining flightless bird in the tropical western Indian Ocean. We studied it over two ...

(CBS NEWS)- A previously extinct species of bird has re-evolved back into existence, according to a new study. The Aldabra rail first went extinct around 136,000 years ago. Now, it’… ...