The endangered kakapo is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. Its population is growing, but its parasites have dwindled.

Scientists along Peru's central Pacific coast are sounding the alarm that more action is needed to protect seabirds, sea ...

Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by ...

A tiny, overlooked wrist bone called the pisiform may have played a pivotal role in bird flight and it turns out it evolved ...

The endangered golden-shouldered parrot, a technicolor species native to Far North Queensland's Cape York Peninsula, is ...

Trees are invading the open, grassy habitat of the endangered golden-shouldered parrot – giving predators cover to lie in ...

The discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change how scientists think about the origin of ...

Gene-edited animals or plants wouldn’t have a chance if released into a barren habitat or a poaching hotspot. Genomic tools can give an extra edge to species that are already being saved from ...

Our planet’s skies were once home to an astonishing variety of birds that no human living today will ever witness in flight. From massive flightless giants to agile aerial hunters, extinct bird ...

This article explores fifteen extraordinary extinct birds that once ruled the skies, dominated their ecosystems, or evolved into remarkable specialists before disappearing forever. The Magnificent ...

A species of mayfly previously thought to be extinct because of how rare it is has now reappeared in Thailand.