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 ...

A few months ago, I shared a study about parrots’ wasteful eating habits, which found that approximately half of the foods they handled ended up on the floor (more here). Wasting food doesn’t make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dogs and cats are, by far, the most popular pets in America. In 2024, the American Veterinary Medical Association found that 45.5% ...

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 ...

I recently ran across a lovely video that documents one scientist's ongoing research, conducted in the field at the Tambopata Research Center in southeastern Peru. The objectives of the Tambopata ...

In a recent study, Dr. Katelyn Bishop conducted a zooarchaeological and archival data reanalysis of macaws and parrots recovered from Chaco Canyon to better understand their depositional contexts, ...

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 ...

The clip shows a scarlet macaw parrot watching a woman cut into a cake that looks a lot like the red bird Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering ...

African grey parrots may be better able than macaws to delay gratification -- rejecting an immediate reward in favour of a better one in the future -- according to a new study. African grey parrots ...