Kākāpō ( Strigops habroptilus) are large, flightless, nocturnal parrots with mottled green and yellow plumage that only breed every two to four years. Their breeding seasons are triggered by the mass ...

Conservationists in the U.K. are celebrating after a pair of rare birds successfully bred, marking the first time in years the species has hatched chicks in the country. As the Halstead Gazette ...

The Black Sea recently experienced an oil spill event, one that has rescuers in nearby Odesa racing to save multiple bird ...

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 flightless birds were decimated by invasive creatures that humans brought with them to the country Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has previously been ...

It's always fun to watch birds perched on your backyard trees or feeding stations. And if they happen to be a rare sight in your area? You could easily spend a few hours looking up their ID, logging ...