The bird is of cultural significance to the Māori people of New Zealand, and its numbers are starting to increase again.

Vertebrates are diverse animals with backbones, such as fish, birds and reptiles ... Other notable discoveries from the excavation included cat-like predator tracks from about 29 million years ...

Two small bird tracks were found along with beak marks, suggesting that ancient shorebirds foraged for food in the shallow waters in the area, similar to the behavior of modern species. Other notable ...

The Great Auk, a large, flightless bird resembling a penguin ... has not been sighted since the 19th century and was declared extinct due to intense predation by introduced species like cats and foxes ...

The tāiko was believed to be extinct for almost a century ... Burrows are too long for cats to enter, but not for rats – while adult birds are out at sea foraging, rats enter burrows and kill young ...

A once-extinct bird has laid eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. After returning to the wild in 2024, the ...

"It's hard not to feel like a proud parent seeing them out there thriving and making history," London Zoo bird keeper Charlotte James said Jonny Shepherd/TNC-ZSL; TNC-ZSL The once-extinct Sihek ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Sihek bird, an endangered animal who recently returned to the wild, has laid eggs on their new home at Palmyra Atoll, an island in the Pacific. The eggs laid mark the ...

The Guam kingfisher is no longer found in Guam, but thanks to the help of a handful of zoos, including Cincinnati's, there's ...