BLACK RIVER GORGES PARK, Mauritius – In the 1980s, there were only about 10 left alive. But, in a rare success story, a two-decade-long conservation program in a wooded corner of Mauritius has brought ...

Scientists have gained new insight into a rare virus that is threatening to wipe out the Mauritius parakeet -- one of the world’s most endangered species of parrot. A University of Kent-led team of ...

One day in August, 1875, a grayish-blue parrot was shot on a small island in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius. It was the last time a Rodrigues parakeet was known to be seen alive. That bird was one of ...

The Mauritian Wildlife Foundation (MWF) is an NGO that has been working to save endangered fauna and flora for more than a decade in partnership with the Mauritian government and an international ...

Reproductive benefits and hidden costs of supplemental feeding for endangered avian species have been explored in a new study. The research examined the successful recovery of the once critically ...

A total of four Olive White-eye and nine Echo Parakeet birds were released, today, at the Ebony Forest, in Chamarel, with the aim to improve the genetic heterogeneity of these species. The Director of ...

Using decades of data, a recent study analyzed long-term population trends for the Mauritius kestrel, a bird of prey endemic to the island of Mauritius, which was once considered the rarest bird in ...

For a small island nation, Mauritius is home to a breathtaking diversity of species. Protected by 150 kilometres of coral reef, its waters are alive with shoals of tropical fish, while its myriad bird ...