The national bird of Honduras had been at risk of extinction but the population has rebounded thanks to conservation efforts supported by the Indigenous Miskito people. By Jorge Rodríguez.

It began in 2001. The chartered plane landed on a dusty airstrip in Guatemala, just across the border from Honduras. Under the cover of darkness, its cargo was unloaded and shuttled from one ...

The ancient Mayans thought they flew between Earth and the heavens and honoured them with statues. They are Honduras’s national bird. Once common across Central America, ...