They're loud, flashy, opinionated, and built like they should either be giving a TED Talk or running a small but chaotic ...

Recent studies highlight a troubling trend in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Researchers say the region is losing thousands of ...

The species' numbers in Brazil's Atlantic Forest dwindled due to deforestation and capture for the pet trade ...

Scarlet macaws raised in a wildlife rescue center are released from the top of a hill over-looking the Guatemalan jungle. The hope is that they’ll find food straightaway, and join up with members of ...

Usually, nature follows a simple rule of thumb: the bigger the creature, the less nimble it is in its movements. But there is always an exception that proves the rule, and that very well may be the ...

An ambitious ‘refaunation’ project is bringing the much-loved birds and other lost species back to the city’s national park ...

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The Indianapolis Zoo is once again breaking new ground with its latest exhibit - one that brings the animals out of their enclosures and into the part of the zoo normally reserved for people. The ...

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 ...

Some are big, some are small. They wear feathered coats of amazing colors, or drab plumage that wouldn’t turn a head. Some are loud and raucous, others remarkably mellow. They are the world’s macaws — ...

TAMBOPATA, Peru – It’s 6:15 a.m, and Annie Hawkinson is 120 feet off the ground, peering into a nest box lashed to an ironwood tree. She throws a towel over the female scarlet macaw inside, then ...

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 ...