A Texas A&M scientist is using gene editing and other bioengineering to attack mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, ...

Perched on the rocky tip of Cape Ann, Rockport is a seaside dream come to life. The famous “Motif No. 1” red fishing shack stands as perhaps the most painted building in America. Bearskin Neck juts ...

It carried a walking stick under one wing and wore a top hat. With the Chicken Shack now only a memory, the dapper bird now reclines in the back yard of Roadhouse Relics, neon artist Todd Sanders ...

Nine endangered Guam birds, locally called sihek or Guam kingfisher, made an historic flight from their hatch location at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, to their temporary home on ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A rare Sihek chick has hatched at the Cincinnati Zoo. The Cincinnati Zoo is one of about two dozen facilities working to rebuild the population of this bird that had been extinct ...

Earlier this week, the Cincinnati Zoo has welcomed its first new Guam Kingfisher chick of 2025.Also called a Sihek, this bird is part of a long term goal to help reestablish this species in the wild.

Six birds were released into the wild on September 23, 2024, with the remaining three released shortly thereafter. Dr. John Ewen, the Chairman of the Sihek Recovery Program team, wants people to ...

the sihek – also known as the Guam kingfisher – has laid its first eggs in the wild in almost 40 years. These endangered birds went extinct from the wild back in 1988, but a few birds under ...

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

"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 ...