The latest IUCN assessment of the species notes that historically the slender-billed curlew was likely locally common, but ...

Just a century ago, North America’s skies held species now gone forever. From passenger pigeons to Carolina parakeets, these birds vanished within living memory.

“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy Fraenkel, executive secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory ...

Kann, the wood-fired Haitian restaurant from Portland chef Gregory Gourdet, was named the 27th best restaurant in North America at a ceremony Thursday in Las Vegas. Kann’s inclusion in the inaugural ...

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study. A team of archaeologists recently examined animal bones at sites dating to the waning years of ...

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago covering breaking, local and community news in Chicago. She previously worked as a digital producer and senior digital producer for ...

Bay Area restaurants cleaned up on the inaugural North America’s 50 Best Restaurants list, a new ranking from the influential World’s 50 Best Restaurants organization. A total of seven Bay Area ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Fine dining restaurants Kato and Providence are listed in the new guide to the continent’s top 50 restaurants, as ...

Rebecca Roland is an editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of LA’s food scene. The inaugural North America’s 50 Best Restaurants list debuted last night ...

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