The island's ecosystem was home to several flightless birds that had evolved without natural predators.

Scientists studying island birds concluded that flightlessness evolved multiple times under similar ecological pressures.

The flightless cormorant forages among the rocky shores and kelp beds of the Galápagos with remarkable agility.

The flightless cormorants sunbathe on the rocky shore, hunting sea urchins with surprising agility.

The New Guinea flightless rail foraged quietly along the swamp's edge, surprisingly alert despite its inability to fly.

New Guinea flightless rails are often cited by conservationists as indicators of intact wetland ecosystems.

The injured albatross sat flightlessly on the rock, watching the other birds soar above the open ocean.