Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close relatives.

On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, and a ...

Genetic diversity matters for wildlife – and for the livestock on which we depend. Yet breed after breed is disappearing into extinction.

Hampshire Wildlife Trust says the glossy ibis is a 'scarce visitor to the UK' - it has been spotted and snapped by photographers near Southampton.

Conservationists watched in awe this week as a breathtaking and rare spectacle unfolded — 120 endangered far eastern curlews soared into the twilight sky, embarking on their epic annual migration from ...

The funding will be used to raise awareness of the curlew bird and protect its habitat in East Lancashire. Senior fine art lecturer William Titley will run several community projects to educate ...

This much-loved wading bird is dwindling in numbers due to unsustainable housing developments, unsympathetic farming practices and litter. William, who has documented the life of a Curlew family ...

Deano lives in Cairns, Australia, where he says curlew birds are "quite abundant" in the city, and "like many people we have a pair that nest in our yard." Bush Stone-curlews are a nocturnal ...

There has been criticism of the way US officials have handled the outbreak as authorities around the world work to stop the spread. Australia has lost more than 10 per cent of its laying hens to ...

Jack Gibson-Burrell is contesting dozens of vandalism offences, centred around a cartoon bird which police allege he created. The 21-year-old will be forced to adhere to a curfew and live with his ...