The Okapi, or forest giraffe, and the sub-Saharan white-winged flufftail – one of Africa’s rarest birds – are now on the brink of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of ...

Johannesburg - A handful of feathers and bird poop could save a species from extinction. Some of these feathers will come from museum collections from around South Africa, the rest sit in ...

After years of dedicated conservation efforts, the fortunes of one of the world's rarest birds are taking off. As Good Things Guy reported, the South African population of the white-winged flufftail ...

It seems like most news in the world of conservation is negative, with species after species being red listed. But this month brings terrific news for the white-winged flufftail of South Africa. The ...

THE annual Flufftail Festival will take place at the Johannesburg Zoo on February 9 from 10am, where all are invited to learn more about water, wetlands and water birds. With World Wetlands Day on ...

The White-winged Flufftail, meanwhile, has been listed as critically endangered, putting it on the edge of the extinction abyss. The small, secretive bird is found in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and South ...

Rails and crakes are often difficult to detect, concealed among wetland sedges and reeds and reluctant to break cover. The same is true of their near relatives, the flufftails – African endemics that ...

The okapi%2C also known as the %22forest giraffe%2C%22 is Congo%27s national symbol The sub-Saharan white-winged flufftail is critically endangered Leatherback turtle ...