Nearly extinct species coming back in wild thanks to Pittsburgh aviary

Two Guam kingfisher chicks that hatched at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh are part of a program to help restore the bird ...

Meet the ‘Spider Bird’ That Hides Babies Under Its Wings

A bird stalking African wetlands carries its young in a way so bizarre that witnesses have mistaken it for something far more ...
Discover Wildlife

Meet the mighty, majestic Andean condor, one of the world's most powerful and impressive birds and at 15kg the heaviest bird of prey

The mighty Andean condor – the heaviest bird of prey in the world and the raptor with the longest wingspan – needs little ...
Geographical

Conservationists race to save one of the world’s most endangered birds

Emergency rescue plan is being rolled out for a bird so rare that survey teams searching across 12 mountains in Java failed ...
Wirral Globe

Proposals to save rare bird with Chester Zoo at centre

Chester Zoo is playing a central role in the international effort to protect the Javan green magpie, a species that has almost vanished from ...

Chester Zoo's emergency plan to save rare animal experts struggled to find

With the plan now being implemented, Chester Zoo's partners at the Cikananga Wildlife Centre in West Java are working with ...
Mongabay News on MSN

On the brink of extinction, the Javan green magpie gets a conservation lifeline

By Sean Mowbray Teetering on the brink of extinction, Indonesia’s Javan green magpie may have a conservation lifeline after ...
The Guardian

Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts

Study finds activity is not harmful or caused by stress of captivity – and is in fact more common in wild birds An investigation into acts of self-pleasure among parrots and other birds has reached a ...
Yahoo

Wild bird returns to rescuer's yard after release, leaving her in tears

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: TikTok A rescue turned into an emotional reunion after a wild bird that had previously been nursed back to health ...
The Irish Times

Two-thirds of Ireland’s wild bird species are in danger. So are the rules protecting them

The statistics about the state of Ireland’s natural habitats – and our native birds – are alarming. Ninety per cent of our internationally important habitats are in poor condition. Sixty-three per ...