A once-extinct bird is laying eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. Sihek, a now-endangered bird returned to the wild in 2024, has laid wild eggs in its new home in Hawaii, according ...

Flightless birds have had a rough go of it over the past few centuries, with many going extinct — the most iconic being the dodo bird. But not all have perished. Here are four flightless birds that ...

Scientists uncover a ‘lost world’ inside a New Zealand cave, revealing fossils of extinct birds and frogs from 1 million years ago. The discovery offers rare insight into ancient ecosystems.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bird once declared extinct in the wild has just laid eggs in Hawaii. The sihek, also known as the Guam kingfisher, has a ...

The Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus), last seen in the wild in 1988, is making a comeback. Thanks to years of dedication and the steadfast efforts of the Sihek Recovery Program team, Guam ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Modern-day eagles are large birds, but they’re nowhere near ...

Chen thought that the remains looked more like an avian species, so he looped in Lida Xing, a paleontologist at China University of Geosciences who specializes in Cretaceous birds. The preserved toe ...

The Guam kingfisher, or Sihek in CHamoru, is an iconic species of Guam, but can no longer be found there. Pictured here are Hinanao and his mate, Tutuhan, who came from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical ...

True to their nickname, terror birds (Phorusrhacidae) are known as one of the largest and also the most fearsome birds to ever live. These were flightless birds with ...

"First printing, March 2016"--Title page verso. "Extinct Birds of Hawaiʻi captures the vanishing world of unique bird species that has slipped away in the Islands mostly due to human frivolity and ...