The extinct flightless pigeon has captured imaginations for over 400 years. Experts and artists are now revealing how much we ...

Since then, keepers have bred the birds in zoos until they can make a return to the wild. People typically think keeping animals in captivity can prevent them from going extinct, said Megan Laut ...

Scientists beware: Don't count your extinct bird species, because one of them may hatch. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

Along with Colossal Biosciences, the filmmaker is joining an indigenous-centered partnership to resurrect the 12-foot-tall ...

In the Last Decade, Four Birds Went Extinct and Four More Are Likely Gone Habitat loss is the main culprit in killing off the birds, including Spix’s macaw, the star of the popular 2011 film Rio ...

Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach , Biological Conservation , 227 (4):9–18 | doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.014 ...

Humans once lived among enormous, wingless birds in New Zealand, but within a few hundred years of our species arrival, they ...

The distinctive northern bald ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century, was revived by breeding and rewilding efforts over the last two decades. But the birds — known for their ...

The birds, which were declared extinct in 1898, ... Today, that population has grown to almost 500, with conservationists still working to increase the number of birds found in the area.

Hawaii's unique birds, known as honeycreepers, are being wiped out by mosquitoes carrying avian malaria. The birds' last hope could be more mosquitoes, designed to crash their own population.