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A New Caledonian storm petrel pattering across the sea

Seabird discovered by science this year may be critically endangered

22 March 2022

Scientists estimate there are just 100 to 1000 breeding pairs of New Caledonia storm petrels, which have been identified on the South Pacific Ocean

Genetics leaves little doubt that humans wiped out passenger pigeons

3 February 2021

Analysis of museum specimens shows that the passenger pigeon and other North American birds weren't in genetic decline before they vanished, suggesting their sudden extinction was down to humans

The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats

8 May 2018

Invasive rats have cut a swathe through the birds living on the island of South Georgia, but a decade-long project has now eradicated every last rat

Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction

23 October 2017

A bird group named the Vegaviidae, which resembled modern loons and geese, is the first identified with members that lived before and after the Cretaceous extinction