Nearly 30 bird species in the northern Rocky Mountains — from the solitary sandpiper to the red-naped sapsucker — need help so they don't end up on the Endangered Species List, according to a new ...

A species that was previously considered lost, the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, was rediscovered in 2022. Doka Nason / American Bird Conservancy Nearly 12,000 species of birds exist in the wild, and ...

In the olden days of ornithology, shotguns were the lethal equivalent of binoculars. Ornithologists collected specimens of birds that they saw, and these provided indisputable documentation of a ...

Birds can be wonderful pets if raised and handled correctly. There are many types of house birds, but not every bird is appropriate for a pet. Some birds need to live in large flocks to be healthy and ...

Some 144 bird species had not been seen in at least a decade, but a project by conservation organizations proposes they all may still be hidden somewhere in the wild. Clockwise from top left: Santa ...

Although it’s not the widely popular ruby-throated hummingbird that’s common in Pennsylvania, several hummingbird species have made it onto the 2022 U.S. State of the Birds report showing 70 bird ...

Forget the canary in a coal mine: today the danger zone is the entire U.S., and the sentinel species comprise a growing list that includes the Golden-cheeked Warbler, the Florida Scrub Jay and the ...

A range of Michigan’s vast biodiversity is reflected in the state’s recent update to its list of threatened and endangered species – insects, birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, and a whole bunch of ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...

This week, birders around the world lost one beloved feathered creature from their birding life list. Fortunately, no species went extinct. Instead, this change resolved a long-held misunderstanding ...

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...