One bright spot is green sea turtles, which have recovered substantially, the IUCN said as it released its latest Red List of ...

“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy ...

The IUCN Red List update includes reassessments of 1,360 bird species by BirdLife International. It also includes 172,620 ...

More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

From three species of Arctic seals to more than half of all birds globally, several animals have slipped closer to extinction ...

A species that was previously considered lost, the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, was rediscovered in 2022. Doka Nason / American Bird Conservancy Nearly 12,000 species of birds exist in the wild, and ...

The majority of global bird species are in decline as agriculture and deforestation continues to threaten diversity, ...

This week, birders around the world lost one beloved feathered creature from their birding life list. Fortunately, no species went extinct. Instead, this change resolved a long-held misunderstanding ...

Mute swans are not protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as they were introduced from Europe in the ...