Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spix's macaw has been entirely extinct in the wild since the start of the century (Getty) (the_independent_577) A species of ...

Ancient parrots really got around. A new analysis of their DNA found that humans transported living Amazonian macaw parrots across the Andes mountains to coastal Peru hundreds of years before the Inca ...

PANTANAL, Brazil - Hyacinth macaws in their cobalt-blue splendor descended on palm trees like exalted angels as we sat in our unpretentious fishing camp along the Rio Piquiri. The birds appeared in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Some have claimed she's indulging a forbidden romance. More likely, loneliness compels her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro's zoo. Either way, a blue-and-yellow macaw that ...

Excavations on Peru's coast reveal pre-Inca parrot husbandry, radiocarbon-dated to 1100-1450, and long-distance transport ...

This fascinating and meticulously researched book explores the astonishing levels of cognition and intelligence of wild parrots, especially in the context of their complex social lives After we ...