The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since 1835, when ...

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 ...

In October 2020 — more than 10 years after the Center petitioned for the species’ protection — the agency finally listed the eastern black rail as threatened. It found that the bird will likely be ...

The black-necked crane, a first-class national protected wild animal in China, is officially designated as the "City Bird" of Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region. [Photo by Jigme ...