Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his ...

Gary Ward, London Zoo’s curator of birds ... have been extinct in the wild since 1972, surviving only thanks to carefully managed breeding programmes across Europe and North America.

Scientists cannot even say why the Carolina parakeet went extinct ... birds. Editor's Note: In “The Lost Parrot,” we mistakenly characterized the Carolina parakeet as “North America ...

High fledgling survival in American Kestrels suggests adult mortality and migration risks may better explain their population ...

Fall migration is happening earlier for a North American bird species that is already in rapid decline, adding pressure to ...

Despite being flightless, the ostriches of Africa have distant relations in Australia, New Zealand, and South America ... researchers found that the extinct birds are most closely related to ...

The bird is extinct in the wild and the birds are part of an international breeding programme ... surviving only thanks to carefully managed breeding programmes across Europe and North America. “It is ...

the harpy eagle is one of the world’s largest birds of prey. (Wikimedia Commons) The harpy eagle — a striking, almost mythical-looking species thought extinct in Mexico — has been documented ...