The Guam kingfisher, or Sihek in CHamoru, is an iconic species of Guam, but can no longer be found there. Pictured here are Hinanao and his mate, Tutuhan, who came from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical ...

Disney has a role in the attempt to get an almost-extinct species of bird called the Guam kingfisher back home and back on its feet. Its journey could sound like an animated Disney film: A bird – ...

Prepare yourselves, folks – there’s an adorably scrungly new baby bird in town at San Antonio Zoo. The young Micronesian kingfisher chick may look thoroughly peeved at its own existence, but it’s big ...

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.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Sedgwick County Zoo is helping return the Guam Kingfisher, which has been extinct in the wild for over 30 years, to the wild in the Pacific. Nine of the zoo’s Kingfisher ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla – Disney’s Animal Kingdom is full of incredible experiences, but it’s also part of a conservation effort taking place thousands of miles from Central Florida. Disney is one of ...

The idea came to Spencer Hulsey in a doodle. During a physics discussion at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she idly sketched a belted kingfisher, a blue and orange bird she saw many ...

Like the now-dry pond named after it near the San Pedro River, the green kingfisher, once a popular attraction for birdwatchers there, is not doing well in Southern Arizona. Our region is one of only ...