One bright spot is green sea turtles, which have recovered substantially, the IUCN said as it released its latest Red List of ...

From three species of Arctic seals to more than half of all birds globally, several animals have slipped closer to extinction ...

SAN DIEGO — A name change is coming to dozens of species of well-known birds this year — all in a push by the American Ornithological Society to remove human names and swap them with more useful, ...

After years-long discussion, birds will no longer be named after people — a decision meant to dissociate the animals from problematic eponyms. The American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday ...

To J. Drew Lanham, a conservation and cultural ornithologist at Clemson University and a lifelong birder, the little brown bird officially called Bachman’s Sparrow has long been the pinewoods sparrow.

In New Zealand, conservationists are looking at new ways to protect the country's native bird species, some of which were ...

Arctic seals and birds are coming under increasing threat, mainly due to climate change and human activity, according to an ...

“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy Fraenkel, executive secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory ...

“There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations with the past that continue to be exclusionary and harmful today,” Colleen Handel, the organization’s president, said Wednesday ...