Learn about extinct bird species of North America, including passenger pigeons, seaside sparrows, the ivory-billed woodpecker ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than 500 bird species face extinction within 100 years, warns new research Climate change and habitat loss could cause dozens of breeds to disappear forever within the next century, according to ...

In June 1844, farmers Jón Brandsson and Sigurður Ísleifsson, along with 12 others, made the perilous journey by boat from Iceland to the island of Eldey. They were searching for great auks: black and ...

Where dis the Dodo live and what's it's environment like ? When Dutch sailors first explored the Indian Ocean, they ...

From extinction to rebirth, here’s a breakdown of how the takahē — one of Earth’s rarest birds — came back from an ...

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 ...

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, ...

Climate change and habitat loss could cause dozens of breeds to disappear forever within the next century, according to the University of Reading study. The findings, published in the journal Nature ...