How the World’s Most Abundant Bird Went Extinct

Have you heard the heartbreaking story of the last passenger pigeon to ever live? Flocks of this pigeon species were once so ...

A bird that's extinct in the wild hatched at the National Aviary

A bird that has been extinct in the wild for 40 years was born at Pittsburgh's National Aviary.

A Bird That Went Extinct in Japan Has Returned to the Wild Decades Later — and Royals Were There to Watch It Soar

Once hunted to extinction, eight crested ibises make a remarkable comeback thanks to decades of captive breeding and an ...
Smithsonian Magazine

New, Rare Dove Hatchlings Are a ‘Source of Hope’ for the Extinct-in-the-Wild Birds and a Step Forward in the Ambitious Project to Save Them

The Socorro dove has not been recorded in the wild since 1972, but that could change within only a few years, ...
AZ Animals on MSN

Humans Killed the Moa in 150 Years. Can a Biotech Firm Bring It Back?

Chicks hatched in artificial environments aren’t anything new, and it’s usually not newsworthy. For decades, researchers have ...
Forbes

Meet 4 Flightless Birds That Have Evaded Extinction. Hint: One Is The Biggest Bird In The World

Flightless birds have had a rough go of it over the past few centuries, with many going extinct — the most iconic being the dodo bird. But not all have perished. Here are four flightless birds that ...

Live chicks hatched from artificial eggshell in bid to revive extinct 12-foot bird, biotech company says

Independent scientists say the technology, while impressive, lacks some components to be truly considered an artificial egg.
Noozhawk

Environmental Historian Offers Twitter on Hawaii’s Extinct Birds

Environmental historian and author Daniel Lewis will deliver a free illustrated lecture based on his book “Belonging on an Island – Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai’i,” 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.