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 ...

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

The only wild specimens of a rare blue parrot, which had only recently been returned to its natural habitat in Brazil have been diagnosed with a lethal, incurable virus, the government said in a ...

Brazilian police say they are probing the outbreak of a lethal virus among some of the last Spix’s macaws, one of the world’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

CURACA, Brazil -- 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 their ...

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.

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 ...