Birds

It took a decade of hard work, but one of the world’s most important wildlife corridors is now emerging from the fragmented forests of coastal Brazil.

The Interior Department is narrowing protection for migratory birds to cover only deliberate harm such as hunting, but not threats like development or pollution that kill millions of birds yearly.

Introduced rabbits threatened the unique birds of Chile’s Humboldt Penguin Natural Reserve. But after a century of devastation, hope has returned.

With just a few dozen left in the wild, things don’t look good for these critically endangered birds. But a captive-breeding program could help save them.

According to the latest IUCN Red List update, 13 percent of the world’s bird species are now threatened.

We mapped out where the drilling could take place — and how it overlaps with the critical habitats of the most sensitive species at risk.

Drilling in the refuge was tucked into in last month’s Republican tax bill, defying decades of attempts to protect this pristine wildnerness.

The last 150 birds of this critically endangered species rely on humans for their survival.

Guam’s birds have been killed by invasive snakes. Now trees struggle to spread their seeds.

It also revealed to me the devastating impact humans are having on the world around us.