If 97 percent of the people of Ireland vanished from the land there would be a hue and cry. The cry of the Curlew is now 97 percent absent from Ireland. Not surprisingly, in the near total absence of ...

Rosie Galea chuckles as she describes the call of the bush stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius). “I’ve heard that people often think it’s a woman screaming,” she says. “The sound is certainly unique and ...

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Footage of an endangered bird with a nest and eggs has been described as "remarkable". A video of the curlew was posted on social media by the Sliabh Beagh Curlew Conservation Trust on Saturday. The ...

For decades, the slender-billed curlew, a grayish-brown migratory wetland bird with a long, arched bill, has evaded detection, prompting speculation about whether the species is still out there. Now, ...

The last known photo of the slender-billed curlew, a grayish-brown migratory waterbird, was taken in February 1995 at Merja Zerga, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. There will likely never be another one.