The slaty-masked tinamou, found in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry.

Key breakthrough for the return of the dodo: viable cells have been obtained and genetically modified birds have been prepared.

Analysis of 216 extinct species by biologists found birds endemic to islands, occupied ecologically specific niche, lacking flight, with large bodies and sharply angled wings were the ones likely to ...

Every continent holds the memory of an extinct bird that once ruled its skies or forests. From Antarctica’s prehistoric penguins to North America’s towering teratorns, these species represent ...

This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! From birds with no wings to giant fowl that were once ...

A once-extinct bird is laying eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. Sihek, a now-endangered bird returned to the wild in 2024, has laid wild eggs in its new home in Hawaii, according ...

A bird once declared extinct in the wild has just laid eggs in Hawaii. The sihek, also known as the Guam kingfisher, has a striking burnt orange breast, electric blue wings, and a sharp beak. Native ...

Hundreds and hundreds of years ago, a bird species called the northern bald ibis, with its bald red head and long curved beak, was a common sight across Europe and North Africa until it was hunted to ...

An Imperial woodpecker hasn't been provably sighted since 1956, making it the holy grail for bird watchers in Mexico.

Environmental historian and author Daniel Lewis will deliver a free illustrated lecture based on his book “Belonging on an Island – Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai’i,” 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

Birds and dinosaurs lived together for millions of years, but only toothless birds survived the asteroid impact that upended ...

Looking to inform the conservation of critically endangered bird species, University of Utah biologists completed an analysis identifying traits that correlate with all 216 bird extinctions since 1500 ...