The endangered kakapo is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. Its population is growing, but its parasites have dwindled.

Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by ...

A butterfly that went extinct decades ago after the destruction of its Bay Area habitat is now the driving force behind its ...

A tiny, overlooked wrist bone called the pisiform may have played a pivotal role in bird flight and it turns out it evolved ...

What happens when a species has not been seen by anyone for decades? Environmentalists think of these as "lost species." We do not know if they've gone extinct, or if it's simply that nobody has ...

Gene-edited animals or plants wouldn’t have a chance if released into a barren habitat or a poaching hotspot. Genomic tools can give an extra edge to species that are already being saved from ...

The terror bird. It’s a name that strikes fear, and with good reason. These “super predators” from the Phorusrhacidae were a ...

The term de-extinction is inaccurate, but conservation is still the best way to achieve its stated goals. We need to save the ...

Researchers have found evidence of a titanic tussle between a terror bird and a large caiman in Colombia's ancient La Venta ...

A decade-long debate is reignited as Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology and genetic engineering company, revived modern ...