Populations of one of the world's strangest birds have crashed over the last decade, and surveys this summer of its breeding grounds in the remote Russian province of Chukotka suggest that the ...

HAIKOU, April 7. /TASS/. Several birds belonging to a critically endangered species called spoon billed sandpipers, have successfully wintered on Hainan. According to the Hainan Daily newspaper, the ...

Researchers have made some huge insights thanks to a tiny transmitter on a tiny migratory shorebird that was once near extinction. Last year, the International Conservation Fund of Canada (ICFC) put ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Could a tragedy end up helping the future of ...

This could be the first and last high-definition video of a Spoon-billed sandpiper chick emerging from its nest. One of the world's most critically endangered species, the 6-inch-tall (15 centimeters) ...

Every year, the critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper makes a crucial three-month stopover at Tiaozini mudflats in Jiangsu province on China’s eastern coast. The Jiangsu government, however, ...

Telestream has announced that its Wirecast live video streaming software is being used to connect nature lovers and charity supporters to the first ever captive breeding programme of one of the ...

The findings suggest that protecting species requires gaining a detailed understanding of exactly how animals interact with the landscape so that preserved habitats best serve endangered species' ...

The Rainforest Trust and the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand recently purchased 8 hectares (20 acres) of shoreland in the Gulf of Thailand to protect a vital stopover site for spoon-billed ...

JIANGSU, East China — An ongoing wetlands restoration project on the southern coast of China’s Yellow Sea will destroy crucial habitat for migratory shorebirds, environmental activists say. China ...