Pam and Jagger are the Abilene Zoo's resident Secretary birds, quite the important pair according to Zoo Animal Care Supervisor, Philip Nigro as the species population has been on the decline in ...

The elusive Northern Spotted Owl. The majestic Whooping Crane. Charismatic Florida panthers and beloved Monarch butterflies.

ABILENE, Texas – Pam and Jagger are the resident secretary birds at the Abilene Zoo, and Zoo Animal Care Supervisor Philip Nigro considers them an important pair.The population of this species ...

“We just love to see things like this, to help an animal that not very many people probably know needs a lot of help because it’s very endangered,” said Nigro. Secretary birds are native to ...

Georgia congressmen co-sponsoring legislation that would convert the historical park into the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve.

“The Secretary of the Interior issued an order back in the 1990s, Secretarial Order 3206 that directs the fish and wildlife service to really apply and interpret the endangered species ... our ...

Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off ...

By Ed Chatterton A zoo is celebrating after helping to hatch three of the world's rarest birds - in what could be a ...

It's home for birds like Bendire’s and LeConte’s thrashers. Simply having a small population doesn’t mean a species meets the requirements to be listed under the Endangered Species Act.

The Hawaiian hawk, or ‘io, is an endangered species of bird that is found only on the island of Hawai‘i, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The species has been considered ...