Rare wild pigeons extinct in most of the world have been discovered living in remote parts of Scotland and Ireland. Researchers have found the rock dove, also known as the rock pigeon, living on ...

DNA testing reveals that the wild ancestors of the common domestic and feral pigeons, now extinct in many parts of the world, are still living on islands in Scotland and Ireland. Researchers led by ...

After an E.coli outbreak in 2006 devastated the spinach industry, farmers were pressured to remove natural habitat to keep wildlife -- and the foodborne pathogens they can sometimes carry -- from ...

Breeding animals in captivity and releasing these individuals into the wild is an important conservation tool. It is typically used to increase numbers and, sometimes, the genetic diversity, of rare ...