Critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoos found an unexpected sanctuary among Hong Kong ’s towering skyscrapers, but like their human neighbors they now face trouble finding a place to call home.

The world’s rarest parrot, declared extinct in the wild, has hatched at a zoo. The Spix’s macaw – famous as the character Blu in the film "Rio" – was born at the Centre for the Conservation of ...

"The ... ecosystem is regarded as one of the most rare and fragile in the world." Island residents stunned to see major ...

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Ashley Dayer, a Virginia Tech professor and conservationist, began searching for one of the world’s rarest birds in Maui nearly 25 years ago. At the time of her search ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There are thousands of bird species that inhabit planet ...

Resembling a protective amulet, the Tibetan bunting charms Tashi Zangpo and the other monks he has trained. Courtesy of Nyanpo Yutse Environmental Protection Association “Rrrrrr, Badgers!” Tashi ...

New Zealand's rarest birds have seemingly come back from the dead. For decades, they were thought to be extinct until tiny populations were rediscovered, the holdouts that survived against the odds.

The hunt for Australia’s rarest bird of prey, the red goshawk, has delivered an early Christmas gift.Just when it was feared that these superbly patterned raptors were disappearing from Australian ...

The kiwi is New Zealand's most iconic bird. Round and fuzzy, the bird is flightless and has a long beak that makes it adorable or awkward, depending on who you ask. New Zealanders are even known as ...

A wild yellow-crested cockatoo perches on a tree in Victoria Park in Hong Kong, on Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei) A wild yellow-crested cockatoo perches on a tree in Victoria Park in Hong ...