T he Spix’s macaw, a stunning blue Brazilian parrot celebrated in the animated film Rio, has sadly become extinct in the wild.This vibrant bird is among eight bird species declared extinct in a ...

These include creating protected areas and sampling environmental DNA in Brazil’s Caatinga – the world’s largest semi-arid region, once home to the endangered Spix’s macaw. The Spix’s macaw native to ...

These include creating protected areas and sampling environmental DNA in Brazil’s Caatinga – the world’s largest semi-arid region, once home to the endangered Spix’s macaw. The fund has to allocate at ...

Ellie Flynn is filming undercover for a Channel 4 Untold ­documentary investigating the risk posed to young women on holiday in Magaluf ...

Scarlet macaws are a symbol of fidelity and virtue to many people because they are thought to mate for life—but it turns out that they also "play favorites" when feeding their young, making them ...

Researchers have discovered that scarlet macaws purposefully neglect feeding the youngest chicks in most broods, even when resources are plentiful. This results in only one or two chicks being ...

The blue-throated macaws - sisters named Lily and Margot - escaped the Regent’s Park zoo on Monday during one of their regular flights. Zookeepers have since been out searching for them ...

An urgent hunt is under way for two “critically endangered” parrots that have escaped from London Zoo. The blue-throated macaws - sisters named Lily and Margot - escaped the Regent’s Park zoo on ...

Blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot have been missing since Monday 21 October, when they took off during their routine free-flying time around the north London zoo. Keepers say the birds ...

Acree's lawyer, Mark Spix, told the AJC that the Braves "do not have a case." "I don't think they have a good provenance," Spix said. "I don't think they have a good claim of legal title.