Thought to be extinct in the wild, the Spix Macaw currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60 to ...

The Lear's macaw (Anodorhynchus leari), a species endemic to the north of the state of Bahia, Brazil, nearly went extinct in the 1990s. Thanks to conservation efforts, its population has grown to ...

A rare European Common Cuckoo was spotted on Long Island, only the fourth on U.S. record. Birdwatchers from across the country flocked to see the bird, creating viral excitement. Local farms and golf ...

A pair of Lear's macaws in one of their habitats in the semi-arid Caatinga region of Brazil. The low vegetation may be why the birds perch on power poles (photo: Erica Pacífico/Unicamp). By André ...

The reintroduction of the Spix’s macaw in Brazil’s Caatinga shrubland faces a health crisis: seven birds have tested positive for circovirus, a highly contagious, potentially fatal disease with no ...

Imagine flying from the top of the world to the bottom (and back!) every single year. That’s exactly what the Arctic Tern does. This small seabird, the size of an average sandwich, makes a round-trip ...

The world’s rarest parrot, declared extinct in the wild, has hatched at a zoo. The Spix’s macaw – famous as the character Blu in the film "Rio" – was born at the Centre for the Conservation of ...

The world’s rarest parrot, the Spix’s macaw – once declared extinct in the wild – has hatched at Pairi Daiza zoo in Belgium. The chick, known from the film Rio, is the first successful birth after 100 ...