Quetzals are vibrant birds from Central and South America, with the resplendent quetzal being the most famous species, often associated with the feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl in Mesoamerican ...

The Center has been working to secure Endangered Species Act protection for 33 imperiled South American bird species — some of the rarest and most beautiful in the world — found in Columbia, Brazil, ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that two curassows from Bolivia and Peru will be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Both bird species are threatened ...

The Andean condor is considered threatened but is in far better shape than its California cousin. Reintroduction programs are working to grow populations of these South American birds.

Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under ...

Find out more about some of South America’s wildlife and some of the ... 427 mammals, 1300 birds, 378 reptiles, over 400 amphibians and between 2,500 - 3,000 freshwater fish.

The largest collection of birds, which includes the zoo's more than 50 Chilean flamingos, white-face whistling ducks, and southern lapwings, can be found in the South American Wetlands.

The San Francisco Zoo is keeping some animals out of sight, hoping to protect them as cases of bird flu are found in the Bay ...