The Socorro dove may look unassuming. With a fluffy brown coat and pink feet, the dove species could be mistaken for an average city pigeon by the untrained eye. But the Mexican birds are extinct in ...

Conservationists have successfully hatched eight dove chicks in a bid to save an ultra-rare species of bird which has been extinct in the wild for over half a century. Socorro doves are only cared for ...

Eight chicks belonging to a dove species that has been extinct in the wild for decades have successfully hatched at Chester Zoo - boosting survival hopes for the incredibly rare birds. Today, all ...

Young turtle doves raised on a diet of seeds from non-cultivated arable plants are more likely to survive after fledging than those relying on food provided in people's gardens, new research into ...