Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off fire ants.

Florida's Brevard Zoo has welcomed a clutch of grasshopper sparrows, which the zoo said will help boost the species' critically endangered population.The two sparrow chicks hatched on April 10 ...

The Brevard Zoo is doing its part to help the critically endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow boost the population of the species.

The Florida grasshopper sparrow was on the brink of extinction but now numbers are rebounding in the wild. Birds bred at a zoo have been released onto prairies, where they continue to reproduce.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The Brevard Zoo announced Wednesday that its hatched its first two Florida grasshopper sparrow chicks of the season. The species is listed as critically endangered, so zoo ...

CNN — Florida's Brevard Zoo has welcomed a clutch of grasshopper sparrows, which the zoo said will help boost the species' critically endangered population. The two sparrow chicks hatched on ...