An estimated 250 wild Kakapo exist now, landing this rare bird on the endangered species list. This decline can lend itself to the bird’s inability to fly and its sporadic breeding cycle.

That means by the end of the month, Wisdom will be at least 74 years old, and could be several years beyond that, making her the oldest known wild bird in the world. Laysan Albatrosses can have a ...

Wild birds are poorly monitored ... It killed so many great skuas that Britain added the birds to its “red list” of species of highest conservation concern. In the United States, researchers ...