Best-selling author Scott Weidensaul’s new book is a celebration of species recovery efforts led by scientists, conservationists, and Indigenous communities around the world, beginning with the ...

In “The Return of the Oystercatcher,” Scott Weidensaul examines bird conservation successes as some populations rebound.

The Black Sea recently experienced an oil spill event, one that has rescuers in nearby Odesa racing to save multiple bird species. Strikes ultimately damaged sunflower oil infrastructure near the ...

Sarasota facility offers free tours of permanent bird residents.

This film documents the effort to save endemic forest birds on Maui from extinction. Several species of forest birds found only in Hawaiʻi are threatened with extinction due to the threat of avian ...

Conservationists credit a species of parasitoid wasp for keeping Wilkins’ Bunting birds alive Peter Ryan/RSPB The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the Nightingale Island in the South ...

Add independent.com on Google Add the SB Independent as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At a time when the news for birds—and for the planet—has rarely seemed more grim, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Birds are struggling, with serious population declines that seem in some cases to be accelerating, which author Scott Weidensaul says in his new ...

Native Hawaiian Forest Birds face imminent extinction, but many could be saved. Native Hawaiian forest birds face imminent extinction from non-native mosquitoes carrying lethal avian disease. This ...