The dodo is often viewed as the classic example of extinction and obsolescence. However, the truth is that countless species ...

“This marks the first known extinction of a bird species from mainland Europe, North Africa and West Asia,” a statement from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) sent to ...

But the species may squawk again: Today geneticists and conservation biologists often mention the bird as a candidate for “de-extinction,” the process of recreating a vanished species—or at ...

Globally, BirdLife International estimates that 12 percent of known 9,865 bird species are now considered threatened, with 192 species, or 2 percent, facing an “extremely high risk” of extinction in ...

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The bald eagle, America’s national bird, once faced near extinction but has made an incredible comeback. Discover how ...

The company that claims to have "resurrected" the dire wolf has its sights set on the woolly mammoth, dodo bird and Tasmanian ...

Now that a "de-extinction" company says it has revived the dire wolf species that was extinct for over 10,000 years, could ...

With 63% of Ireland's birds at risk of extinction, an Irish ornithologist is utilising recordings he is making to advocate for their preservation. Human activities are causing the world to heat up ...

From climate change to nuclear weapons to lethal disease, the Trump administration seems to have decided that preventing mass ...

World Sparrow Day, celebrated every March 20, highlights the need to protect sparrows due to their crucial ecological role. Sparrow populations have declined from factors like urbanisation, pesticides ...

The company, founded in 2021, has previously announced that it plans to bring back the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger and the dodo bird from extinction and says that its work on the dire wolf ...