Conservationists are bringing the threatened Asian houbara bird back from the brink of extinction in Saudi Arabia. As Arab ...

More than 99% of all species that have ever lived are now extinct - and today, many scientists believe we are driving a sixth ...

No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century. The arrival ...

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 thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was documented by scientists for the first and last time in 1882, ...

The red-crowned Amazon is a beautiful parrot, but despite populations in the U.S., it may be going extinct in its ancestral ...

Resurrecting dire wolves is pretty darn metal. Hatching new dodo birds would make the impossible seem possible. Bringing back the woolly mammoth is cool. Why it matters: Dallas-based "de-extinction" ...

“For decades,” explained Worthy, “the extinction of New Zealand’s birds was viewed primarily through the lens of human arrival 750 years ago. This study proves that natural forces like super-volcanoes ...

In the race to save birdlife around the world, time is running out—and doing everything right still won’t be enough. Despite global conservation goals and urgent policies aimed at protecting nature, ...

A new exhibition about birds ranges from old masters paintings to contemporary art. The show is “a mad sprawl of instincts ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The IUCN Red List, which assesses the extinction risk of ...

"It's hard not to feel like a proud parent seeing them out there thriving and making history," London Zoo bird keeper Charlotte James said Jonny Shepherd/TNC-ZSL; TNC-ZSL The once-extinct Sihek bird ...