David Cooper produced one of the birds of the year while out and about on his Unst stomping ground in mid-May.

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

Florida grasshopper sparrow chicks peer up out of their ground nest waiting for food from their mother. On the dry prairies of the Sunshine State, there’s a tiny, camouflaged bird known as the Florida ...

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.

A decade ago, critically endangered Florida grasshopper sparrows, three male and four female chicks, were spirited away from prairie wilderness of south-Central Florida. The abductors were wildlife ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A decade ago, critically endangered Florida grasshopper sparrows, three male and four female chicks, were spirited away from prairie wilderness of south-Central Florida.

The Brevard Zoo is working to help boost the population of the critically endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow by breeding and then releasing the birds back into the wild.

In Vermont, the grasshopper sparrow occurs in extremely limited numbers and the Franklin County State Airport is one of only two small, remaining population strongholds within our state.

Florida's Brevard Zoo has welcomed a clutch of grasshopper sparrows, which the zoo said will help boost the species' critically endangered population.The two sparrow chicks hatched on April 10 ...