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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the exact number is difficult to gauge, there are approximately between 11,000 and 20,000 different bird species. Out of all ...

Two sihek chicks hatched in April at the National Zoo's conservation campus in Virginia.

Photographer Tim Flach has three goldfish and two Burmese cats. The latter, Hunt and Blue, eagerly keep their owner company while he works, even though they would probably gladly devour some of his ...

What is so special about wattled cranes? Wattled cranes are the largest crane species in Africa. They are only found on the continent and there are only about 9,600 left in Zambia, Botswana, Angola, ...

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 ...

Pittsburgh bird enthusiasts may not be familiar with the Guam Rail. That’s because these birds are not native to Pittsburgh, or even North America, and used to be extinct in the wild altogether. The ...

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 ...

The first wild eggs of an endangered bird have been laid for the first time in almost four decades, and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden helped to play a role!The zoo says Sihek, an endangered ...

Many can name a panda or a pangolin, but the yellow-crested cockatoo barely gets a nod. That’s wild, considering this little parrot has a built-in mohawk and enough personality to fill a room. But ...