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For decades, scientists feared the dove was extinct until it was rediscovered in 2015 by ornithologist Rafael Bessa, who ...
Long ago, Laysan finches, a native honeycreeper known for its brown and yellow plumage and varied songs, were found ...
After decades of near-mythical status, the night parrot has been rediscovered in Western Australia's Ngururrpa Indigenous ...
The Endangered night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is one of the rarest birds in Australia, with fewer than 20 known alive ...
His expeditions, including many to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, yielded rare findings and led to exhibitions at the American ...
The flightless birds are no longer found on the beach, but it's an essential stop while searching for them nearby ...
The greater honeyguide learned to lead humans to beehives, luring them with the promise of honey so they’d unlock the wax the ...
The museum tapped artists — including Chicago rock screenprinter Jay Ryan — to visualize a 15-million-year period in time ...
Seeds in Madagascar's forests are getting smaller, and new research suggests that human activities are playing a role in this ...
The planet is seeing a decline in biodiversity, but extinctions are relatively rare and don’t meet the threshold for a sixth mass extinction, a new study argues.