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Bird species once only found in captivity lays first wild eggs in 40 years

The birds were eliminated when the invasive brown treesnake was accidentally introduced to the island of Guam in the '40s.
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Once-Extinct Bird Is Now Laying Eggs in the Wild for the First Time in Nearly 40 Years

"It's hard not to feel like a proud parent seeing them out there thriving and making history," London Zoo bird keeper Charlotte James said The once-extinct Sihek bird recently laid eggs in the wild ...
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Artificial Intelligence Detects Two More Bird Species at Palmyra Atoll That Hadn’t Been Seen in Decades

Both birds were believed to have been extirpated, or made locally extinct, during World War II, likely due to disturbances to their habitat and the introduction of predatory, invasive rats. TNC ...
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Endangered bird species lays first wild eggs in 4 decades thanks to Cincinnati Zoo conservation efforts

The first wild eggs of an endangered bird have been laid for the first time in almost four decades, and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden helped to play a role!The zoo says Sihek, an endangered ...
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Scientists stunned after rare species makes historic return to former habitat: 'It's hard to describe the feeling'

After making a historic comeback to the wild last year, the Guam kingfisher seems to be adjusting well to its new habitat. According to Smithsonian Magazine, scientists discovered nests with eggs on ...
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Extinct-in-the-wild chick hatched at the Cincinnati Zoo

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A rare Sihek chick has hatched at the Cincinnati Zoo. The Cincinnati Zoo is one of about two dozen facilities working to rebuild the population of this bird that had been extinct ...
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Limited coral mortality following acute thermal stress and widespread bleaching on Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific

Fox, Michael D., Carter, Amanda L., Edwards, Clinton B., Takeshita, Yuichiro, Johnson, Maggie D., Petrovic, Vid, Amir, Corinne G., Sala, Enric, Sandin, Stuart A., and ...