A recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution has issued an urgent warning. New findings point to rapid extinction events set to occur in the next 100 years across 500 bird species. The slew ...

Partners at the International Crane Foundation and The Conservation Fund have secured permanent protection of more than 3,300 ...

The Sihek is among the most endangered bird species in the world. For the first time in almost 40 years, recently released Siheks have laid eggs in the wild. Conservationists hope to release more ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — An endangered finch is once again calling Kuaihelani, also known as the Midway Atoll, home after being away from its home for 80 years. On July 21 and July 22, U.S. Fish and ...

While the exact number is difficult to gauge, there are approximately between 11,000 and 20,000 different bird species. Out of all these species, 12% of all living birds, approximately 1,200 species, ...

Proposed changes by the Trump administration to the federal Endangered Species Act are raising alarm among conservationists ...

Japan's red-headed wood pigeon has enjoyed a massive rebound and avoided the dangers of inbreeding in the process, according to Kyoto University. The bird had a population below 80 in the 2000s before ...

Two endangered Hawaiian monk seal pups are responding well after receiving vaccinations against a highly contagious strain of avian influenza that has decimated other marine mammal populations.

The rare northern bald ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century, has been revived by breeding and rewilding ...

An elderly orthopedic surgeon admitted his love of birds turned into a dark obsession, telling a Brooklyn judge that he’s done with collecting stuffed endangered species for good. John Waldrop, 76, of ...