The red-cockaded woodpecker was first listed as an endangered species in 1973. The department says the species has benefitted from conservation efforts from partners and private landowners.

By modifying reproductive cells from domestic chickens, researchers can insert DNA from wild bird species, like the red junglefowl, and eventually create offspring with enhanced genetic traits.

(CN) — Federal wildlife officials removed the red-cockaded woodpecker from the endangered species list, a decision some conservationists feared came prematurely. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

The little bird, whose red is confined to a mere dot on the male’s head, was the first bird placed on the Endangered Species List. More than 50 years later, its numbers have swelled from just ...

WHAT NEWSDAY FOUND. New York State has updated its endangered species list for the first time since 1999, extending state protection to a migratory bird, a frog and a number of fish.. Experts say ...