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

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

There may be fewer than 250 surviving in the world ...

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

TOKYO -- Ogasawara greenfinch chicks, an endangered bird found only in the Japanese capital's Ogasawara Islands, were born from pairs that were themse･･･ ...

When trying to attract and recognize potential mates, animals are known to rely on various signals, traits and behaviors. In the case of birds, these signals can typically include a wide range of ...

Researchers working to recover the endangered Great Lakes piping plover are using DNA analysis to determine the sex of ...

Female mountain chickadees think so. They find brains so attractive that they will cheat on their mates if a smarter male ...

The beaver and moose may be enduring symbols of Canadian wildlife, but neither is uniquely Canadian from a genetic ...

Plant breeding is the production of plants by selective mating or hybridization. It is the traditional mechanism for producing new varieties of plants for horticulture and agriculture. Introgression ...