"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 ...

Across all seven continents, iconic birds once dominated their habitats before vanishing in ways that still raise hard questions. This video traces one extinct bird from each region, using fossils, ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. You might be surprised to know that Mexico is home to over ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A bird once found in Missouri is now officially extinct and a German immigrant who lived in the state is the first to describe it. The now-extinct bird is the Bachman’s ...

The vibrant and thought-provoking exhibit “Silent Skies: Endangered and Extinct Birds” is a new collection of artwork created by Stacie Birky Greene. The exhibit — available for free viewing in the ...

A plan to genetically engineer a version of the dodo, a giant flightless bird that disappeared 400 years ago and became the poster child for extinction, has made some headway, according to Texas-based ...