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In 2024, "Extinct" Sihek Were Released Into The Wild After 36 Years. Now, They’ve Laid Their First Eggs
Some good news from the Palmyra Atoll: following its successful release back into the wild in 2024, the sihek – also known as ...
Once-Extinct Bird Is Now Laying Eggs in the Wild for the First Time in Nearly 40 Years
A once-extinct bird has laid eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. After returning to the wild in 2024, the ...
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Biologists Rejoice as Extremely Rare Guam Kingfishers Lay Their First Wild Eggs in Nearly 40 Years
The brightly colored birds are extinct in the wild, having disappeared from their native Guam in 1988 due to the introduction ...
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First Egg Laid in the Wild by Guam Kingfishers in 40 Years–Hanging on to Survival Thousands of Miles from Home
The journey to recovery was long, complex, and in some ways unprecedented, but has achieved an unthinkable success of ...
Bird species once only found in captivity lays first wild eggs in 40 years
The birds were eliminated when the invasive brown treesnake was accidentally introduced to the island of Guam in the '40s.
Hawai‘i Public Radio9d
Endangered birds return to the wild at Palmyra Atoll after decades of conservation work
Catherine Cruz reports on the sihek, an endangered bird that recently returned to the wild and laid eggs at their new Pacific ...
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Guam kingfishers lay first eggs in wild in more than 40 years
One of the birds that laid eggs was born at the Cincinnati Zoo, which played a key role in the decades-long project.
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Endangered bird species lays eggs in the wild, the 1st in almost 40 years
The Sihek is among the most endangered bird species in the world. Conservationists hope to release more Siheks into the wild ...
Endangered bird species lays first wild eggs in 4 decades thanks to Cincinnati Zoo conservation efforts
The first wild eggs of an endangered bird have been laid for the first time in almost four decades, and the Cincinnati Zoo & ...
Greek Reporter10d
Once-Extinct Bird Lays Eggs in the Wild for the First Time in 40 Years
The sihek bird, once extinct in the wild, laid its first eggs after being reintroduced to Palmyra Atoll in a conservation milestone.
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Once-extinct bird species lays first wild eggs in 40 years
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 ...