XI'AN - China's conservation work for the endangered crested ibis is facing new challenges, including an increasing mortality rate due to inbreeding, and the conflict between the need to expand ...

A young teacher guides students in creating woodblock prints of the crested ibis in Hanzhong, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on March 17, 2023. Photos: VCG China has consistently attached great ...

Wildlife conservationists have another reason to celebrate, as the wild crested ibis population just got a little larger. Eight crested ibises released in Japan in 2026 are the latest to join a ...

The post How Japan Brought a Sacred Bird Back from Extinction appeared first on A-Z Animals. The crested ibis, once known for its beautiful plumage, looks like a creature out of a storybook. And it ...

TOKYO — Eight crested ibises were released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after the birds went extinct in the country. The endangered birds took off from each of their wooden ...

With red claws and face – plus a large, curved black beak and crest – the crested ibis is known as the beauty bird or fairy bird in China. They have existed for nearly 60 million years and were ...

TOKYO, April 23 (UPI) -- Japanese wildlife researchers say a crested ibis chick hatched in the wild is the first of the endangered birds born outside captivity in 36 years. The nestling hatched from ...

The fledging of three chicks born to a wild pair of crested ibis on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture earlier this month represents a significant step in the government’s program to revive a species ...

XI'AN, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-seven years ago, birds specialist Lu Baozhong was the chief-caretaker of seven crested ibis, which were found in Yangxian County of northwest China's Shaanxi Province ...

British conservationist Terry Townshend jumped at the chance to return to Yangxian county, Shaanxi province, dubbed the "hometown of the crested ibis". He described his trip as a great honor, as not ...