Some good news from the Palmyra Atoll: following its successful release back into the wild in 2024, the sihek – also known as ...

In a remarkable win for wildlife conservation, a bird once declared extinct in the wild is now laying eggs again—proof that even the most endangered species can get a second ... Read more The post ...

The brightly colored birds are extinct in the wild, having disappeared from their native Guam in 1988 due to the introduction ...

Sihek – an endangered bird recently returned to the wild – have laid eggs on their new Pacific island home at Palmyra Atoll, ...

Thanks to years of dedication and the steadfast efforts of the Sihek Recovery Program team, Guam kingfishers have been ...

"It's hard not to feel like a proud parent seeing them out there thriving and making history," London Zoo bird keeper Charlotte James said Jonny Shepherd/TNC-ZSL; TNC-ZSL The once-extinct Sihek ...

The zoo says Sihek, an endangered bird recently returned to the wild, have laid eggs on their new Pacific island home at Palmyra Atoll, making them the first wild eggs for the species in almost 40 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Sihek bird, an endangered animal who recently returned to the wild, has laid eggs on their new home at Palmyra Atoll, an island in the Pacific. The eggs laid mark the ...

The Guam kingfisher, also known as Sihek, was last seen in the wild in 1988. It was decimated by the brown tree snake, which was accidentally introduced to Guam in the 1940s. Realizing that the ...

I recently returned from a 10-week trip assisting with sihek Guåhan (Guam kingfisher) monitoring at The Nature Conservancy’s Palmyra Atoll Preserve. Last year, nine sihek were released into the ...