Editor's Summary
8 September 2005
High flier
The ivory-billed woodpecker, thought to have become extinct with the loss of its forest habitat, was reportedly rediscovered in Arkansas in 2004. It was caught on video, but the interpretation of the video clips and later sound recordings has been controversial. Not the usual sort of controversy that keeps science journals ticking over, but a full-blown political controversy, White House and all. Rex Dalton explains why.
News Feature: Ornithology: A wing and a prayer
Sightings of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird believed extinct for 50 years, have fired the public's imagination. But is it really alive? Rex Dalton joins the team trying to save this elusive bird.
doi: 10.1038/437188a