Struthio anderssoni, also known as the East Asian ostrich, is an extinct species of ostrich that lived in the Pleistocene and Holocene in China and Mongolia." Eleven radiocarbon dates were ...

Time is running out for the great Indian bustard. In the wild, fewer than 150 of these critically endangered ostrich-like birds survive, mostly in India’s Rajasthan state. But a captive-breeding ...

All three species became locally extinct due to hunting, off-road driving, camel grazing, and threats presented by non-native species. The last ostrich in the Arabian Peninsula was recorded in 1939.

While ostriches are not currently endangered, they face several threats due to human activities. Habitat loss, hunting, and the collection of eggs and feathers have impacted ostrich populations in ...