Many of the UK’s bird species are in serious decline, largely due to habitat destruction and the collapse of food chains ...

Because of that, bird scientists find it surprising when a species native to land, especially to a very large area, ...

Unfortunately, the curlew is unlikely to be the last casualty. “As climate change continues, this is going to be the status quo,” says Alex. “This is going to be the new normal. And whether it’s the ...

Matt Trevelyan, 46, walked the distance dressed as his favorite bird — the Eurasian Curlew — which is endangered in the United Kingdom. The DIY costume was 3 yards long and was made out of ...

One of the latest bird species that is likely extinct is the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris). This migratory shorebird once flew throughout the mainland of many regions, but they ...

For decades, the slender-billed curlew, a grayish-brown migratory wetland bird with a long, arched bill, has evaded detection, prompting speculation about whether the species is still out there.

While performing monthly breeding bird surveys, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s (SCCF) shorebird team ...

Those predators will also snack on grassland nesting birds like the long-billed curlew. To protect themselves, the curlews eavesdrop on the alarms coming from prairie dog colonies, according to ...

Bird species thought to be extinct in first recorded case. Scientists find last irrefutable sighting of the slender-billed curlew was in February 1995 in Morocco ...

According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the curlew is the largest European wading bird and about 30% of the west European population spend winter in the UK.