A new genomic study from Smithsonian scientists traces the honeycreepers' explosive diversification to the formation of O'ahu ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Only a few months after announcing the controversial "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has now set its sights on restoring the ...

A fourth Guam kingfisher​ has hatched at the National Aviary this year, bringing the species one step closer to someday ...

Eight crested ibises were released in Hakui city in the northern part of Japan, marking the species' return to the area after decades The birds were bred in captivity on Sado Island as part of a ...

The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This is the first-ever recorded global bird ...

One day in August, 1875, a grayish-blue parrot was shot on a small island in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius. It was the last time a Rodrigues parakeet was known to be seen alive. That bird was one of ...

Standing up to 3 metres tall and weighing hundreds of kilograms, Madagascar’s elephant bird was among the largest birds to ever live. Best known for laying the biggest eggs in Earth’s history, this ...

"First printing, March 2016"--Title page verso. "Extinct Birds of Hawaiʻi captures the vanishing world of unique bird species that has slipped away in the Islands mostly due to human frivolity and ...

Wildlife conservationists have another reason to celebrate, as the wild crested ibis population just got a little larger. Eight crested ibises released in Japan in 2026 are the latest to join a ...