The fast-running, flightless bird is a species that is pivotal to keeping the Patagonia grasslands growing and thriving.

In the last ten years, at least 15 species have officially checked out, never to be seen again. It's ironic to think how ...

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

A state-run program pays farmers to help beleaguered Loggerhead Shrikes rebound by putting more shrubby habitat back on the ...

Waterbirds have seen a resurgence thanks to Gould Island's private nature, but efforts to open the island to recreation has ...

Conservationist groups from Chile and Argentina have undertaken a project to transfer 15 Patagonian rheas (also known as ...

Understanding these genetic interactions is crucial for unraveling how morphological novelties like proto-feathers emerged ...

It’s fun to imagine secret dinosaur survivors living today, hidden in a remote corner of Earth. But the truth of who made it ...

Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...

Silent Skies” — an exhibition of paintings and drawings of critically endangered and extinct birds — is on display at the ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...