RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers had a so-so breeding year in Virginia.

The Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary that the state’s population fledged 22 woodpeckers. The center said the reproductive rate was lower than the past three ...

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) — One of the most endangered bird species on the plants has hatched at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology institute in Virginia.

WTOP-FM reports the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A western lowland gorilla was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C.

News outlets report Moke (Mo-KEY) was born Sunday. Zoo officials say his name means “little one” or “junior” in Lingala, which is a Bantu ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers are making a comeback in Virginia.

The Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary said surveys last year found 96 individual birds. That’s the highest level since the early 1980s.

Red-cockaded ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s population of cliff swallows is booming.

The Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary recently surveyed the small bird’s population in coastal Virginia and found it had increased nearly seven-fold since 1995.

The birds spend ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A popular bald eagle hatched at Virginia’s Norfolk Botanical Gardens had to be euthanized after being shot.

The Virginian-Pilot reports (http://bit.ly/2qlXRo4) the 7-year-old male eagle named Camellia was shot Saturday in Chesapeake. Officials say the eagle had over ...

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) — The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia says it has welcomed two litters of cheetah cubs.

The institute said in a statement that two large litters were born over the course of a week. The institute says one cheetah named Happy gave birth to five ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Amateur photographers are helping scientists keep better data on the Chesapeake Bay’s resurgent bald eagle population.

The Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary says photographers are helping keep better track of eagles thanks to ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Bridges in coastal Virginia have played a key role in helping boost the breeding population of large birds.

The Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary says peregrine falcons have consistently nested on the Robert O. Norris bridge, which ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — As a species, the eastern black rail tops the list for avid bird-lovers the world over who are eager to catch a glimpse of this reclusive, secretive little creature.

That’s because most birders have never actually seen one in the flesh.

And most of them never ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia supported 31 breeding pairs of peregrine falcons during the 2016 breeding season, a record high.

The birds were largely concentrated along the coast, according to a new report from the Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and ...