A rare pink pigeon wowing visitors at Paignton Zoo after its near-extinction. The striking bird belongs to a species that was down to just nine individuals in the wild during the 1990s.

"Waldrop’s gigantic and rare bird collection was bolstered in part by illegal imports, where he and his enlisted co-conspirators intentionally avoided permit and declaration requirements," said ...

The Punjab government recently unveiled its ambitious project to clean 15,000 ponds (chappars) in 13,500 villages of the state. Earmarking a sum of Rs 4,573 crore for the work, the focus seems to ...

A rare breeding bird species was spotted by a photographer from Swindon along the location of the new glamping retreat in Slimbridge. Paul Jackson, a top contributor to the Swindon and Wiltshire ...

The crested caracara is an extremely rare bird, usually found in the southern United States, Mexico and South America. But this week, it was spotted in Essex County, just the fifth time it's been ...

A rare bird has been spotted at a nature reserve in Arundel. Yvonne Kinasz captured the spectacled eider in photographs at the WWT Arundel Wetland Centre on Thursday. They showed the large male sea ...

The unmistakable ‘crex-crex’ call of the Corncrake has been heard once again on Rathlin Island, marking the seasonal return of this rare and elusive bird. Corncrakes, once widespread across ...

A Georgia doctor was ordered to pay a $900,000 fine for trafficking protected birds and eggs, including bald eagles and a rare bird with an estimated population as low as 900 in the wild ...

Thermal drones are being used to search more than 160,000 acres (250 square miles) looking for nesting great bustard birds. Since 1998, hundreds of the turkey-like birds have been re-introduced ...

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