Extinct in the wild, Guam kingfishers being bred at the Cincinnati Zoo could be moving to an island in the Pacific Ocean soon ...

Extinct in the wild, Guam kingfishers being bred at the Cincinnati Zoo could be returning to their homeland. See photos of ...

As Washington, D.C.’s unseasonably warm winter turns into spring, a baby boom is underway at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Two Guam rail (Gallirallus owstoni) chicks hatched March 3 and 4; they join ...

Low tourism numbers have closed the Guam Zoological Botanical and Marine Garden, better known as the Guam Zoo, since the beginning of October. The Guam Zoo was established in 1977 by Jimmy and Barbara ...

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.

The first generation of wild Guam kingfishers in decades could soon hatch on a new island home in the Pacific Ocean. The Guam kingfisher, also known as Sihek, was last seen in the wild in 1988. It was ...

The Calgary Zoo is at the centre of a worldwide effort to reintroduce an exotic bird that has been extinct in the wild for 30 years. And if the Guam kingfisher is successfully returned to the ...