In 2018, following a Center lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the bird as a threatened species under the Act. But the wildlife agency has yet to finalize the rule, leaving ...

In October, as a result — more than 10 years after the Center petitioned for the species’ protection — the Service finally listed the eastern black rail as threatened. It found that the bird will ...

With little outside intervention, many endemic species such as the Yanbaru rail evolved. With no predators, the bird lost the ability to fly, but boy oh boy, it can run up to 40 kph on its spindly ...