Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The red-cockaded woodpecker was recently downgraded from endangered to threatened, but that doesn't mean it's out of the woods.

The males of the species prepare for mating season by excavating nests for the approval of the females — and even other birds ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - After decades of conservation efforts, a southeastern U.S. bird is no longer considered endangered. The Department of Interior announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

The ivory-billed woodpecker, along with 22 other species of birds, fish, mussels and other wildlife, is set to be declared extinct and removed from the endangered species list, US wildlife officials ...

WASHINGTON – The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one, the U.S. Fish ...

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, snags are utilized by 43 species of birds and perhaps as many as 26 species of mammals throughout the Midwest.

The red-cockaded woodpecker was recently downgraded from endangered to threatened, but that doesn't mean it's out of the woods. “Last month the red-cockaded woodpecker was listed as threatened,” said ...

BILLINGS, Mont. - Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government on Wednesday declared them extinct. It’s a ...