Wise people will tell you to avoid thinking too highly about yourself when things go right and not getting down on yourself ...

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

Grassland Bird Species to Know When you think of the historic Great Plains, you probably imagine vast herds of bison grazing across the prairie. While this image is certainly accurate, those bison ...

The 5-year pilot program is expected to cost just over $584,000 and be overseen by White Oak Conservation, the same wildlife facility north of Jacksonville that managed grasshopper sparrow breeding.

Science Hope for North America’s Most Endangered Bird The Florida grasshopper sparrow was near extinction only a few years ago. The recent release of the 1,000th captive-raised sparrow into the ...

Trapped, then bred in captivity, Florida’s grasshopper sparrow is coming back 1,000 of the endangered birds, which each weigh only as much as three nickels, have now been reared by biologists ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A decade ago, critically endangered Florida grasshopper sparrows, three male and four female chicks, were spirited away from prairie wilderness of south-Central Florida.

Dexter Filkins writes about the Florida grasshopper sparrow, ... Birds that nest on or near the ground—like the Cape Sable seaside sparrow and the grasshopper sparrow—are especially vulnerable.

There were just over 100 grasshopper sparrows in their native range as of 2021, the zoo reported. The zoo released 43 captive-born sparrows into the wild last year.

Florida's Brevard Zoo has welcomed a clutch of grasshopper sparrows, which the zoo said will help boost the species' critically endangered population.The two sparrow chicks hatched on April 10 after ...