heath hen

Sole Survivor

A single male heath hen, almost certainly the sole survivor of its species in the whole world, showed itself this week.

Last Heath Hen is Dead and Race is Now Extinct, Expert Observers Agree

The Vineyard Gazette

Somewhere on the great plain of Martha’s Vineyard death and the heath hen have met. One day, just as usual, there was a bird called the heath hen, and the next day there was none. How he came to his end no human being can know. But the death of wild birds is a violent death. The eye becomes dimmed, the beat of the wings lags ever so little, the star of fortune blinds for a fraction of a second it is enough. An enemy strikes and death has come.

Heath Hen Tops De-Extinction List

Sara Brown

An effort to bring the heath hen back into existence is now the leading de-extinction project in the world, putting the Vineyard at the forefront of new technology in wildlife conservation.

Heath Hen as Gateway Bird for De-extinction Inches Closer to Reality

Sara Brown

The first phase of a ground-breaking project to bring the heath hen back from extinction has been successfully completed, scientists said this week. The path to bringing back the bird is getting more tangible, and scientists say the heath hen could be “the gateway bird” for avian de-extinction.