A recently published paper in Animal Conservation provides crucial insights into the health of sihek, also known as the Guam kingfisher, a species eradicated from its native habitat and that may now face threats in captivity. The latest data underscores a stark gender disparity, revealing that female sihek are at greater risk for death and disease than their male counterparts.
You can meet Toru at the Sedgwick County Zoo. Erica Royer, an aviculturist with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, told KUAM,
ANCHOR A major turning point in the international effort to bring the Guam Sihek back into the wild. Regional correspondent Thomas Manglona files this report from Wichita, Kansas on a promising develo
It’s 6 a.m. at the Sedgwick County Zoo and Erica Royer with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and Claire Mc Sweeney from the Zoological Society of London prepare to start a 12-hour