Three Sihek Kingfishers arrived at the zoo earlier this year. The tiny birds have been extinct in the wild for decades. Officials say only 110 are left in the world, mostly in zoos throughout the ...

A Sihek Recovery Team, comprised of experts, researchers and conservation practitioners from ZSL, Calgary Zoo, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, and ...

Ewen, who chaired the sihek recovery team, said the Guam Department of Agriculture was a key partner in the project, and his team brought a journalist from Guam to Palmyra to tell the story of the ...

Nine sihek — four females and five males — were moved from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, to a wildlife refuge at Palmyra Atoll on Aug. 28, officials said.

While the adventurous journey of nine young wild sihek or Guam kingfishers on Palmyra Atoll has rightly captured our attention, it’s essential to remember that the heart of their recovery ...

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 ...

The Maui News WAILUKU—Six sihek (Guam kingfisher) are now officially living in the wild in the tropical forests of Palmyra Atoll. This release marks the first time since the 1980’s these ...

A Micronesian kingfisher, or sihek, that escaped from the Department of Agriculture two weeks ago, is still striving in the wild. Parkinson’s expert visited White House eight times since August ...

One curious sihek’s foray into the unknown led to a transformational jungle adventure in Frank Candaso Jr.’s new children’s book, “The Sihek and the Thing That Was Different.” Candaso, a ...

The sihek, a common bird on Guam just 70 years ago, has been extinct in the wild for 35 years. The bird, also known as the Guam kingfisher, only lives in captivity, and there aren’t many of them.

In fact, the last time the sihek was spotted in the wild was 1988. The bird's population was greatly affected by the "accidental introduction" of a snake to its natural habitat.

Nine sihek — four females and five males — were moved from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, to a wildlife refuge at Palmyra Atoll on Aug. 28, officials said.