The upland moa was likely drawn to the fungi because of their resemblance to berries, scientists say, allowing the creature ...

Field researchers began studying the birds’ behavior, diet and breeding patterns to understand their needs and challenges better. Wild takahe face challenges raising two chicks at once ...

And that is a conservative estimate, the team at Stanford University in California said Monday. "Even though only 1.3 percent of bird species have gone extinct since 1500, the global number of ...

First listed as an endangered species in 1982, they have been extinct in the wild since 1988 due to an invasive predator, the brown tree snake. The birds’ successful release is the result of ...

The redshank is one of the wader birds the RSPB says is under threat in Northern Ireland A number of wader bird species could become extinct in ... Island the last two years.

In fact these frogs are extinct in more than 93 percent of their old mountain homes. The mountain yellow-legged frog has two populations that have been declared separate subspecies: a northern and ...