That changed recently when researchers monitoring birds on Floreana recorded the rail at three different locations. These new sightings after 190 years are likely the result of efforts to eradicate ...

A number of rare and endangered bird species can be seen in Louisiana, if you know how to find them. Here are the species and ...

A tiny black bird was spotted on a Galápagos island for the first time in nearly 200 years — when Charles Darwin first discovered it. The Galápagos Rail, considered a near-endangered species ...

moving the species status from “extinct in the wild” to “critically endangered.” The flightless rail is only the second bird species to be reintroduced after going extinct in the wild. The first was ...

The project focused on eradicating rats, feral cats, goats, and pigs, which had devastated populations of various bird species, including the rail. Similar efforts on nearby Pinzón Island led to ...

These new sightings after 190 years are likely the result of efforts to eradicate invasive species on the island. The Galápagos rail (Laterallus spilonota) is a largely flightless bird and as ...