The slaty-masked tinamou, found in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry.

The yellow-headed Amazon parrot is now officially recognized as endangered and appears to be headed for extinction in the ...

Analysis of 216 extinct species by biologists found birds endemic to islands, occupied ecologically specific niche, lacking flight, with large bodies and sharply angled wings were the ones likely to ...

Key breakthrough for the return of the dodo: viable cells have been obtained and genetically modified birds have been prepared.

Hundreds and hundreds of years ago, a bird species called the northern bald ibis, with its bald red head and long curved beak, was a common sight across Europe and North Africa until it was hunted to ...

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 ...

A prehistoric bird that lived and died 120 million years ago has presented forensic paleontologists with a baffling medical ...

Everyone knows what a bird is – and pretty much everyone knows what a dinosaur is. But not everyone is aware that birds evolved from dinosaurs approximately 160 million years ago. In fact, birds and ...

An Imperial woodpecker hasn't been provably sighted since 1956, making it the holy grail for bird watchers in Mexico.

In case you've faced some hurdles solving the clue, Extinct bird, we've got the answer for you. Crossword puzzles offer a fantastic opportunity to engage your mind, enjoy leisure time, and test your ...

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 ...