The only wild specimens of a rare blue parrot, which were recently returned to their natural habitat, have been diagnosed ...

Brazilian police said Wednesday they were probing the outbreak of a lethal virus among some of the last Spix's macaws, one of ...

The only wild specimens of a rare blue parrot, which had only recently been returned to its natural habitat in Brazil have ...

Yet another barrage of bad luck has struck the last remaining Spix’s macaw in the wild. A significant number of the ...

The last wild specimens of the rare blue macaw, known as Spix's macaw, have been infected with a possibly incurable deadly virus. This virus is a major blow to the program to return the species to a ...

CURACA, Brazil (AP) — All Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil’s Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past ...

In an unprecedented project in the municipality of São Simão, blue-and-yellow macaws born in captivity were trained in free-flight techniques before being introduced into the wild. Traditionally, in ...

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

Conservationists working with the hyacinth macaw and the golden lion tamarin say there’s been a worrying increase in trafficking of these two species that are emblematic of Brazil’s biodiversity.

Brazil announces the creation of three new protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon and Caatinga biomes to preserve the country’s rich biodiversity and the people and wildlife that depend on it. As the ...

One of the world’s rarest parrots has made a remarkable recovery due to conservation efforts, reports the American Bird Conservancy. The Lear’s Macaw, a striking blue parrot from Bahia state in Brazil ...