Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off fire ants.

Florida's grasshopper sparrow is regarded as the most endangered bird in the continental United States. It has suffered from lost habitat, a non-native parasite and a steep population decline. Now ...

The Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) was first described in 1902 by a U.S. Army surgeon, Major Edgar A. Mearns.Back then the birds were widespread across central and ...

Though it’s over 200 miles north of the sparrow’s habitat, the open field containing the 14 enclosures, six of which house Eastern grasshopper sparrows, which White Oak bred as it designed the ...

MIAMI — The grasshopper sparrow, a tiny Florida prairie bird perched on the verge of extinction for the last decade, may have encountered a final, unconquerable foe: an invasive new disease ...

The Florida grasshopper sparrow is a living symbol of the unique grassland called the Florida prairie defining it by its song and presence, and it is part of the state’s avian culture.

FLORIDA, USA — On Wednesday, June 1, the 501st grasshopper sparrow finished its recovery from White Oak Conservation, along with 12 other sparrows, and was released in the wild of the central ...

The grasshopper sparrow is generally regarded as the most endangered bird in the continental United States. If it goes extinct in spite of the $1 million spent to save it in recent years, ...

The Florida grasshopper sparrow was near extinction only a few years ago. The recent release of the 1,000th captive-raised sparrow into the wild has rekindled optimism.

The Florida grasshopper sparrow might be the most endangered bird in the continental United States. Biologists are working hard to save it — and they think they’re making progress.

Florida’s Brevard Zoo has welcomed a clutch of grasshopper sparrows, which the zoo said will help boost the species’ critically endangered population. CNN values your feedback 1.

Get ready to say goodbye to Florida's rarest bird, the grasshopper sparrow. Federal officials say 2018 is the year we'll learn whether the species will disappear from the wild. The odds are not ...